Brits learn to wash their hands

It also seems that since the swine flu outbreak, the nation's understanding and awareness of hygiene has improved too. Over half (55%) of the UK state that they are now more aware of other people's hygiene, and a similar amount (52%) feel that people should take greater responsibility of health and hygiene where they live to improve local standards. This is in sharp comparison to results from SCA research conducted in 2008 when over a third (34.3%) of the nation were not washing their hands regularly enough and less than half (44.4%) were washing their hands during key 'at-risk' situations like after sneezing or blowing their noses.