I came across some interesting information a while ago about why it’s a good idea to keep your desk clear of clutter. So that you can clean it!
Dr Charles Gerba of Arizona University conducted a study analyzing 7,000 samples from offices around the USA. He found that the average desks harbours 20,961 germs per square inch.
Top of the list is phones. Bottom of the list – amazingly – is toilet seats. He found that the average desktop has 400 times more bacteria than the average office toilet seat!
Here are his findings, calculated in microbes per square inch:
Phone – 25,127
Desktop – 20,961
Keyboard – 3,295
Computer mouse – 1,676
Toilet seat – 49
The solution to this problem: Clean surfaces regularly with alcohol wipes.
The study was funded by Clorox, who of course manufacture alcohol wipes, but still, the statistics do get your attention!
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