Offices are where many people spend most of their time. It may surprise you to learn where the dirtiest places in an office are and it really doesn’t matter how careful everyone is. An office is the perfect place for bacteria and other disease-causing organisms to thrive. Surfaces and floors get taken care of daily, but there are many other areas that need to be disinfected to keep germs from hiding. If these areas aren’t taken care of correctly then germs will continue to spread back and forth for weeks. Employees are in danger of getting sick. When employees are sick, they are less productive, and they’ll take more sick days. To fix this problem you need to be aware of where bacteria hides and make sure these areas get cleaned properly.

Dirtiest Areas in an Office with the Most Germs & Bacteria

Bacterial Growth on Computer Keyboard & Mouse. Most office workers have their own computer and keyboard, but there are many that have shared workspaces and that means computers might just be the dirtiest items in an office. The keyboard is a lot dirtier than the computer and can have 3,295 germs per square inch! People are breathing on them, sneezing on them and many people don’t wash their hands after they go to the bathroom. Gross! Germs will just keep accumulating and get transferred to the next worker that happens to use it.
Germs on Office Stationery Equipment. There are many shared tools in an office setting. These tools are touched constantly causing germs to spread and bacteria to grow. These shared tools include; calculators, phones, tablets, remote controls and cell phones. Desk phones can have up to 25,127 germs per square inch!
Germ Infested Office Break Rooms. All the surfaces in a communal kitchen are rarely wiped down every day and unless these all get disinfected daily, germs will grow. While sinks and counters usually get wiped down every day, the faucets that are touched all day long rarely are. The fridge might be squeaky clean but do the handles ever get wiped down? Germs can easily hide on handles that aren’t disinfected properly. But the area that might be the worst in a shared kitchen might just be the coffee area. The container that the old sweetener and cream are touched multiple times a day and are probably never wiped down. When a fresh pot of coffee is made, the pot usually only gets rinsed out and the handle will stay dirty for who knows how long!

Sanitary Debate; Paper Towels VS Cloth

Proper cleaning of these areas need an antibacterial cleaner and clean cloths every time. Paper towels will do the job, but in the long run you save money by reusing cloths. Fold cloths into fourths to avoid spreading germs. After one surface on each side has been used, it can then be refolded to use a clean surface. There’s even a towel on the market to help make this system foolproof. The surfaces are numbered 1 thru 8 to ensure you get the most out of the cloth. Genius idea!

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