It is clear that the company desk is '400 times more dirty than the toilet seat'



A study at the UK office supply store '

Printerland ' revealed that there are bacteria that are more than 400 times as much as the toilet seat on the desk of the company and it is easy to get a sick hotbed.

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Average desk contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat, new research reveals | The Independent
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According to a Printerland survey, more than two-thirds of office workers are vulnerable to the effects of dirty desks. 'If you don't clean it regularly with antibacterial wipes, dangerous bacteria such as Helicobacter pylori , Staphylococcus aureus , Escherichia coli , and Pseudomonas aeruginosa can grow,' he said.

Printerland defines a desk with a 'phone', 'mouse', 'keyboard' and 'mug' as a 'general desk'. The company investigated the average number of bacteria present per square inch (about 6.5 square centimeters) across 1,000 employee desks that fall under this “general desk”. According to the survey, there were 25,127 bacteria on the phone, 1676 on the mouse, 3295 on the keyboard, 1746 on the mug, and 29,61 on the desk surface.



Since the number of bacteria that existed in the toilet seat of Printerland was 49 per square inch, it was revealed that there were 400 times more bacteria on the desk surface and 500 times more on the telephone. It has become. There were also 2483 kettles and 1331 faucets in the company's shared kitchen, indicating that the company's desk is much more dirty than the water used by many employees.

'It's shocking that the desk is more dirty than the toilet seat,' Katherine Banan, HR Manager at Printerland said. I hope that they will work on the cleaning'.

Printerland also recommends a cleaning frequency, saying that cleaning your phone once a week and your desk twice a week will prevent bacterial growth.

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