With winter’s flu season comes a crop of instant hand sanitizers on desktops and counters of businesses. I have one on my desk that i use during almost every phone call. I got to thinking about the things in my office that don’t get cleaned often that would be conduits for bacteria and viruses.
Keyboard - Naturally our contact with computer keyboards will spread germs. Food, hair, skin pieces, and other goodies in there make a nice festering layer just below your hands. What a pain in the butt to clean though. Between compressed air, some sanitizing wipes and a vacuum it seems to clean up pretty well though. Don’t forget the area that your wrists rest.
Mouse - Certainly you’ve seen the sweat and dirt line outlining a finger on someone’s mouse. That can’t be healthy. Clean the area around your mouse too. If you have a cloth covered mouse pad think of finding a replacement that is easier to clean.
Telephone - Clean that handset really well. Get in those crevices of the pieces of plastic that are snapped together. Clean the area where the buttons are and if your phone has one don’t forget about the cord - it’s right in line with your mouth.
Cell phone - Recent research has found cell phones tote more bacteria than a toilet seat or even the bottom of a shoe. I don’t know the best way to clean a phone short of taking it apart as far as possible and disinfecting the pieces.
Chair armrests - Another surface with dozens or even hundreds of contacts a day.
Door knob - Hopefully the person that cleans your building hits the doorknobs of the restrooms and the entry door hardware. If you have an office that doorknob is probably not in the cleaning contract.
Water bottle or coffee cup - I’ve seen some disgusting coffee cups and i’ve let my water bottles get bad enough that i have thrown them out. Wash those things!
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