Bathtub and Hygiene

Today is world bathtub day!

Bathtub or shower; which is more hygienic?

A shower should be more hygienic than a bathtub because a bathtub is designed in a way that you fill it with water and then immerse yourself; all the dirt from the body ends up in the water and that isn’t hygienic. But soaking in the bathtub offers an enormous amount of relieve. Though in places where water isn’t easily accessible, shower saves water.

A bathtub is a large container for holding water in which a person may bathe. A bathtub is usually placed in a bathroom either as a stand-alone fixture or in conjunction with a shower. Bathtub may be considered unhygienic because it’s not possible to prevent some microscopic remnant after cleaning.

John Mueller says and I quote, “your chance of dying in a bathtub is about one in a million, and from terrorism is about one in 3 million.” Meaning bathtub should be feared more than terrorists.

To avoid bath slip, a bath mat should be placed in the bathtub. See a picture of bath mat below.