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- “Scientific studies have proven that our keyboards…contain bacteria such as ecoli, MRSA and salmonella.”
- “The average desk is home to 400 times more germs than the toilet.”
- “Experts counted more than 49 microbes per square inch on toilet seats, 69 microbes per square inch on photocopiers, 1,676 microbes per square inch on mice, 3,295 per square inch on keyboards and 25,127 microbes per square inch on telephones.”
- “According to Dr. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, “We know that 80 percent of the infections you get are transmitted through the environment”.
- “According to Microbiologist Dr Charles Gerba, of the University of Arizona, "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. An office can become an incubator”.
- “According to Harvard University health economist David Cutler, “Workers in the United States miss an average of 1.5 days per year because of the flu and that could cost businesses $20 billion in lost productivity”.
- “In a swab test carried out in a Manhattan office by Dr. Charles Gerba, it was found that “among the bacteria was coliform -- intestinal bacteria generally found in human waste -- on the restroom handles and faucets, in the kitchen sink and sponge, and even in (the) candy basket”.
- “A swab test carried out in a Manhattan office by Dr. Charles Gerba , found “hundreds of thousands of bacteria on hot spots like a printer button and the button for the first floor in the elevator, touched by hundreds of fingers each day. Even though none of the bacteria Gerba found was life-threatening, they could lead to more colds and flu”.
- “An investigation into risks for daily transportation commuters revealed that “experts in virology believe poor ventilation and a lack of space can make some forms of public transport a fertile breeding ground (for germs)”.
- “According to John Boothby, a professor of biological sciences at San Jose State University, “sneezes and coughs produce particles that once evaporated will turn into a dried residue called, droplet nuclei. This residue, which can last in the air for hours, may then transfer infection through the respiratory tract”.
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Recommanded Reading
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- “Calling in Sick Today? Blame it on Office Germs”, PRNewswire, 15/9/2007
- "Jennifer Anderson, “They’re Sly: The Dirty Secret About Office Germs”, ErgoWeb, 27/2/2006
- "David Williams, “Is Your Desk Making You Sick?”, CNN, 13/11/2006
- “Lifting the Lid on Computer Filth”, BBC News, 12/3/2004
- “What Germs Are Lurking In Your Office?”, ABC News, 30/4/2005,
- “Office Full Of Germs”, Here, There and Everywhere, 5/3/2007
- "Tom Geoghegan, “Bugs Get The Train Too”, BBC News, 1/12/2004
- Carla Mancebo, “Light Rail Commuters Fend Off Germs”, The Spartan Daily, 26/2/2007
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