Your office has a dirty secret! The bad news is that you’re probably cozying up to it right now.
The average desk can be 100 times less hygienic than a kitchen table, and 400 times dirtier than the average toilet seat.
With many workers NOT washing their hands regularly, eating at their computer or storing who-knows-what in their desk drawers, it’s no wonder a desk can be a breeding ground for germs.
For instance, a keyboard may be home to 16 million microbes.
- An office telephone has 25,127 microbes per square inch
- A computer mouse has 1676
- In comparison, the toilet seat has 49 microbes per square inch