Sunday, July 21, 2013

Office keyboard can be dangerous for the health

Office keyboard are a source of harmful levels of bacteria that cause food poisoning, British scientists reported. London specialists in microbiology research conducted in the offices of the presence of bacteria that cause food poisoning. The results were very surprising even the researchers themselves, as part of the computer keyboards were present accumulation of harmful bacteria that pose a threat to health. Scientists discovered in the audit keyboard germs, which was five times more than the office toilet seat toilet. This value is 150 times more than the maximum number of bacteria. Such devices in the office can be a source of the spread of various diseases among employees, says Peter Wilson, a specialist in microbiology at the University College Hospital in London. The main reason for such a state of neglect of the keyboard non-compliance by simple rules of hygiene is not just office workers eat lunch, without leaving your computer, but also elementary forget to wash your hands after using the bathroom. A similar study was conducted in the U.S. last year. American workers were still messier than the British: their computer tables contain 400 times more bacteria than a toilet seat office. It is noteworthy that the jobs women 3-4 times dirtier than men.

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