The importance of restroom hygiene, whether at home or in public places, can not be stressed enough. In particular in public restrooms, users need to ensure they follow an adequate set of measures to ensure their own as well as other people's health.

While proper hygiene and hand washing are important factors in every aspect of daily life, the importance is higher still after using the restroom. This is particularly the case if articles of incontinence management have to be dealt with, such as emptying collection bags or replacing an external male catheter.

Every child is being taught from a very young age to cover its nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing. Populations around the world are aware that sneezing in particular expels millions of germs into the environment at average speeds of 80 to 100 mph, capable of propelling them over a distance as far as 32 feet.