Gross
December 14th, 2007 by Marc
Here’s a cheery thought from a somewhat scary article on WebMD:
The average desk area in an office has 400 timesmore bacteria on it than the average toilet seat, which means your workplace is a fine place for cold and flu germs to congregate. People sneeze, talk, eat and breathe all over their desks and their neighbor’s desk all day long, and cleaning at work is usually the last thing on someone’s mind. When Jim from the next cube over lets out a whopping sneeze, the flu has just flown the coop, making a nice nest on your computer keyboard. The good news, after two days of being sanitized with disinfectant wipes, most desks have about a 99.9% reduction in bacteria and virus levels, including those that cause the cold and flu. By practicing good cleaning habits in your work space you are less apt to come down with the cold or flu.
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December 14th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
yeah..
be thankful you don;t work in corporate CubeVille like me.
December 21st, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Yikes. Yes, that reminds me that I really need to take the Clorox wipes to work one of these days…