What Residency Looks Like XLIV: DANGER DANGER

Long-time blog-readers may be familiar with my obsession with toilet and bathroom technology. So of course I snapped a picture of this sign next to a commode at the hospital where I was moonlighting.

"DO NOT PUT HAND IN TOILET!"

I could see the utility of posting such a warning in the janitor's closet, but why did they feel the need to tell the average toilet-user not to put their hand(s) in the toilet? Are toilet-induced hand injuries that common? If so, why have I never seen one in either the pediatric or the adult emergency room? The fact that somebody thought a sign was necessary suggests that these flesh-eating toilets are capable of inflicting the kind of the damage that would require an emergency room visit, rather than the kind that you swig a little alcohol, wrap in some gauze, and hope looks better in the morning.

Anyway, in case it needs to be said, keep your appendages out of the bathroom fixtures.


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