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EEEWWWWW - diabolik - 03-13-2004

Toilet seats 'cleaner' than PCs
From correspondents in New York
March 12, 2004

KEYBOARDS, computer mice and telephone dials are more infested with microbes than toilet seats, according to a US study.

The study recommends that office workstations be regularly disinfected since they can on average contain 400 times as many germs as a toilet seat, Charles Gerba, a University of Arizona microbiologist, said.

According to the study, telephones harboured up to 25,127 germs a square inch, keyboards 3295 and computer mice 1676. The average office contains 20,961 germs a square inch.

"Desks are really bacteria cafeterias," Gerba said. "They are breakfast bars, lunch tables and everything else, as we spend more hours at the office.

"When someone is infected with a cold or flu bug, the surfaces they touch during the day become germ-transfer points because some cold and flu viruses can survive on surfaces for up to 72 hours," he added. "An office can become an incubator."

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EEEWWWWW - Undeadcannibal - 03-13-2004

Maybe I should just use the computer as a toilet. Saves me the long trip down the hall...

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