THE DIRTIEST PLACES TO CATCH GERMS

... not where you think

You wouldn’t believe the places that are the dirtiest, and most of them are there inside your home, or places you go to and touch every single day. Believe it or not the most obvious places where you think you can catch germs is not necessarily outside dustbin or even your toilet. Read on…

• ATM Machines are a blessing in a disguise but they are also great for passing on germs. Hundreds of thousands of people have used that machine before you; some people with dirty, even diseased hands.
  How to solve: Use tissues to clean before use.
• One of the worst harbourers of germs is actually in the kitchen. The sponges and dishrags that you use to clean the plates are believed to incubate and nourish more than 6 billion germs over the period of a week!
  How to solve this problem: Change pot and plate sponges regularly, don’t use them for more than a month before changing.
• Where would you think the dirtiest place in the bathroom is? The toilet seat? Wrong! Millions of bacteria make a five star hotel out of your toothbrush, bath tube, shower curtain and sink. The toilet itself is constantly germs to have an undisturbed field day. How to solve this: Toothbrushes needs to be changed every month. All the other places need to be at least wiped down with bleach every other day and washed every week.
• At your office desk there are at 30 different bacteria lurking in the crevices. Don’t forget to keep your desk clean and don’t forget door knobs. Clean, dust and dry.
• The Gym is another place where germs lurk. The gym mats, machines, even the communal showers. All that damp and sweat and unmoving water can promote athletes foot and other embarrassing fungi. Wash your hands, don’t share mats, take your own, never share towels, this is asking for trouble. Be very aware of hand hygiene and simply use a sanitizer, you won’t need water and they kill 99 per cent of germs.
• Your favorite piece of technology… Your brand new mobile phone. Let’s see … Where we begin. You put your phone on your desk, sofa, in the bathroom in the toilet… Just so you don’t miss a call. And then you use the toilet, take the call and go back to what you were doing, successfully giving a ride to millions of bacteria and passing them on to your cheeks, ears, mouth. How to solve this: This is where bacteria wipes comes in handy. Make it a habit of wiping down your phone every day to keep germ proliferation at a minimum.