Monroe Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Everybody has left the house ... you get a few quiet moments at the computer ... but maybe you are not really alone ! ... or alone at work when the others have left for the day ! Average worker comes into contact with more than 10 MILLION disease-causing bacteria lurking on their keyboard, phone and mouse. 5 December 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2859334/Why-s-time-detox-desk-Average-worker-comes-contact-10-MILLION-disease-causing-bacteria-lurking-keyboard-phone-mouse.html More than 10 million bacteria lurk on the average office desk with 7,500 organisms hidden in your keyboard Unhygienic working conditions are a 'key contributor' to millions of working days lost to sickness each year Hygiene expert Dr Lisa Ackerley said bacteria and viruses can survive on hard surfaces for up to 24 hours Says our hands are a germ motorway; many surfaces they come into contact with can breed bacteria and viruses Millions of us spend our days slaving over a keyboard. But lurking between the keys, hidden on the mouse and nestled in your phone lies more than 10 million bacteria - 400 times more than on the average toilet seat. Unhygienic working conditions are a 'key contributor' to the 131 million working days lost each year in the UK and millions more around the world, to illnesses including colds and flu. Bacteria and viruses can multiply on hard surfaces, remaining infectious for up to 24 hours, hygiene expert and visiting professor at the University of Salford, Dr Lisa Ackerley told MailOnline. ... more at the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Sure. This is EXACTLY the reason why telephone (and keyboard) sanitizers are such a pillar in our society, and the EXACT same reason why a more evoluted race like the Golgafrinchans would send them away on the "B" ark first:http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Golgafrinchamto only later discover their vital importance:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_characters#Telephone_Sanitizer jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 It seems to be a scare article. I was certain that everything has millions of organisms living on or in it. Doesn't even the human body have tons of itty-bitty things living on the skin and in the hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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