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You Wouldn’t Eat Off from a Toilet Seat Would You? |
Are you one of the 83% of Americans who typically eat in their office
or cubicle?
To save time or money, do you eat breakfast, lunch or snack at your
desk?
For many people, multitasking through lunch is just part of an average
workday. While you may be getting more done, are you making yourself
and your co-workers sick? Studies reveal that desks carry 100% more
bacteria than kitchen tables and 400% more pathogens than toilet seats.
Ugh.
Take this simple test:
| __ Yes __ No |
Do you see crumbs, dust between the keys on your keyboard? |
| __ Yes __ No |
Are there coffee stains, crumbs, dirty tissues around your desk? |
| __ Yes __ No |
Do others sometimes use the same phone as you use? |
| __ Yes __ No |
Are you responsible for keeping your own desk clean? |
If you answered YES, read on...
In the office, the “germiest” items are the phone and desktop
followed by the computer keyboard and mouse. Germs are easily transferred
to and from our hands to our noses, mouths and eyes because adults on
average touch their faces 16 times an hour. (Do you have children or
work with children? Children touch their faces 80 times an hour on average.)
In a 2011 survey, only 36% of people surveyed said they clean their
work area once a week and 64% do it once a month or less. No one surveyed
reported cleaning it daily!
SANITIZE, SANITIZE, SANITIZE!
Regularly sanitizing desk surfaces with disinfecting wipes has been
shown to reduce sick days of office workers by 30%. Frequent use of
hand sanitizer and regularly cleaning desks, phones, keyboards and computer
mice is a must. Spread the word instead of germs!
And, of course, you could stop eating at your desk.
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