[access-uk] Re: Keyboards dirtier than a toilet seat?
- From: "Ankers, Dave (UK)" <Dave.Ankers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 11:17:56 +0100
Has anyone tested the cleanliness of photocopiers? hear of some right funny
things going on with those!
Mr Honest
Skype: John Honest
Ah so that's why my fingers smell of fish! well I must clean it at once. Put
in a dishwasher....hmmm we don't have one of those here. Alcohol, hmmm well
not normally allowed in the office. Could just rinse it under the tap and dry
it by placing in the higher managements office! plenty of hot air in there! Or
maybe alcohol would be easier... poor some brandy over it and flambé the thing,
easy! have to do it outside though.
No one has expressed and opinion as to which vacuum cleaner they prefer to
clean their keyboards with!
Mr Honest
Skype: John Honest
Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet'
Many people eat their lunch at their computers, leaving crumbs
Some computer keyboards harbour more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat,
research has suggested.
Consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying
bugs that could cause food poisoning.
Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four were regarded as a potential health hazard
and one harboured five times more germs than one of the office's toilet seats.
Microbiologist Dr Peter Wilson said a keyboard was often "a reflection of what
is in your nose and in your gut".
During the Which? tests in January this year, a microbiologist deemed one of
the office's keyboards to be so dirty he ordered it to be removed, quarantined
and cleaned.
It had 150 times the recommended limit for bacteria - five times as filthy as a
lavatory seat tested at the same time, the research found.
Should somebody have a cold in your office, or even have gastroenteritis,
you're very likely to pick it up from a keyboard
Dr Peter Wilson
Consultant microbiologist
The equipment was swabbed for bugs, such as those that can cause food poisoning
like E.coli and staphylococcus aureus.
Dr Wilson, a consultant microbiologist at University College London Hospital,
told BBC Radio 5 Live sharing a keyboard could be passing on illnesses among
office workers.
"If you look at what grows on computer keyboards, and hospitals are worse,
believe it or not, it's more or less a reflection of what's in your nose and in
your gut," he said.
"Should somebody have a cold in your office, or even have gastroenteritis,
you're very likely to pick it up from a keyboard."
Which? said one of the causes of dirty keyboards was users eating lunch at
their desk, with crumbs encouraging the growth of bacteria.
Poor personal hygiene, such as not washing hands after going to the toilet,
could also be to blame, it said.
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