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priscilla 1What Are The Dirtiest Places In The Home?
September 2nd 2009 02:46
We are always told to wash our hands, especially before eating or preparing food or if visible dirt is present. Kitchen cloths and sponges are the biggest source of bacteria that we come into daily contact with, followed by sink faucets.
However, what about those surfaces in the home that appear clean? Surprisingly, some of them can contain disturbingly high levels of bugs.
The Hygiene Council on the UK has just released the results of its second annual International Home Hygiene Study. Based on their findings, today we look at the germiest places found in everyday homes and how to keep them germ free.
Information and images sourced from the Chicago Tribune. See and read more here.
Imagine the typical couch potatoes -- watching TV while they absent-mindedly chew their fingernails, snack on food and flip through channels, leaving all kinds of bacteria on the remote. Make sure to sanitize the remote control regularly to prevent sickness.
Raw food is put in the microwave to cook and could leave behind E. coli or Salmonella. Even though the food comes out cooked, the germs that can make you sick are left on the outside of the microwave for the next person to touch. It is important to wipe down the touch screen regularly, especially after cooking raw meat.
Touching the light switch is practically unavoidable, but keeping it clean is not. The bathroom light switch can have as many germs as the trash bin. Disinfect light switches twice a week or every day if a member of your household is sick.
The shower is the third germiest place in the home. The bathtub may have 100 times more bacteria than the trash can. The Hygiene Council recommends that showers and tubs be disinfected twice a week to get rid of dead skin cells left in the tub that can carry germs too.
However, what about those surfaces in the home that appear clean? Surprisingly, some of them can contain disturbingly high levels of bugs.
The Hygiene Council on the UK has just released the results of its second annual International Home Hygiene Study. Based on their findings, today we look at the germiest places found in everyday homes and how to keep them germ free.
TV remote
Microwave touch screen
Light Switches
Tub and shower
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