Study links time at the desk with time under the weather; If work makes us...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......in highest by far: 17,800 germs per square inch of their tested surfaces...Accountants were second, with 6,000 germs per square inch. Lawyers were lowest, with...teacher is covered with 95,000 germs per square inch - that's more than 11.1 million...

Call your desk 'Germ-in-town': Workspaces are teeming with bacteria.

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  March 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......bacteria a day, germs that can give you...800 bacteria per square inch. As comparison...030 bacteria per square inch, and bankers', 5...The Secret Life of Germs, says the numbers...560 bacteria per square inch, respectively. Tierno...need to get crazy. Germs are ...

Holiday cookies may be teeming with germ armies.(Book Review)

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  December 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......office desk harbors 20,961 germs per square inch (second only to the phone...average toilet seat harbors 49 germs per square inch. This makes the urinal cleaner...computer keyboard (3,295 germs per square inch), the mouse (1,676), fax...

Germs on the job; Workplaces not so clean,study finds

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......moist territories germs love. No wonder a University...17,800 bacteria per square inch. That was almost three...Gerba is a big name in germs. His many studies have...95,600 bacteria per square inch. The most sanitary...just 263 bacteria per square inch. Williams, who ...

Germs on the job: Workplaces not so clean, study finds.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......moist territories germs love. No wonder a University...17,800 bacteria per square inch. That was almost three...Gerba is a big name in germs. His many studies have...95,600 bacteria per square inch. The most sanitary...just 263 bacteria per square inch. Williams, who ...

Germs found in unlikely places

University Wire;  June 13, 2003 ;     372 words ......desk, phone or computer have more germs per square inch than bathroom surfaces, according...tested. The number one place for germs in the office, according to the...use the phone," Smith said. "The germs and bacteria go directly to the...

U. Arizona study finds germs abound in classrooms

University Wire;  March 28, 2006 ;     523 words ......of bacteria per square inch were found on...of the list for germs, with two to 20...average of 95,600 germs per square inch, which is more...the amount of germs found on a radio...occupation at 3,600 germs per square inch, according to...

Millions of Germs and Bacteria Await Kids at School; NSF International...

PR Newswire;  September 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......times as many germs as a toilet seat...bacterial cells per square inch vs. 3,200 bacterial...doorknobs had fewer germs (19 bacterial cells per square inch and 5 bacterial...bacterial cells per square inch respectively. While not all germs are harmful...

It's home sweet home to you, and germs like it, too.(At Home)

The Virginian Pilot;  June 14, 2008 ;     423 words ......scrubbed. That day, millions of germs disappeared. But now they...estimated 3.2 million bacteria per square inch. The kitchen drain harbors more than a half million germs, and an average sponge is...than 100 thousand germs per square inch. Simple things can be done around the ...

Germs, germs, everywhere

Maryland Gazette;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Proper hand washing gets rid of 95 percent of most germs, according to the National Institute of Allergy and...hand washing is so effective against the spread of germs, astonishingly, one in three people do not wash after...immune systems are busy acquiring immunities to all the germs around them. They ...

Strategies for avoiding the common cold: Germs, germs, everywhere

Capital (Annapolis);  March 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Proper hand washing gets rid of 95 percent of most germs, according to the National Institute of Allergy and...hand washing is so effective against the spread of germs, astonishingly, one in three people do not wash after...immune systems are busy acquiring immunities to all the germs around them. They ...

Hidden Germs Put Unsuspecting Families at Risk.

PR Newswire;  June 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ......around the globe, the Council works to dispel myths about germs and educate consumers about basic hygiene practices...about where families and children come into contact with germs, said Professor Philip M. Tierno, U.S. representative...Microbiology and Immunology, New York University Medical Center. ...

Germ-Ridden Desks Can Lead to an Absentee Workforce; * 46 of Americans...

PR Newswire;  October 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ......said Sansoni. Of course, germs are spread hand-to-hand, but...enough to effectively remove germs and dislodge dirt. Coming...does indeed host its share of germs: phones have up to 25,127 germs per square inch, keyboards 3,295 per square...least 20 seconds. * Because ...

NSF Scrub Club(R) Germ Experiment Featured on Good Morning America.

PR Newswire;  October 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......prevent the spread of germs and bacteria, Donofrio...bacteria & mold (per square inch) * Basketball - 8,126 bacteria & mold (per square inch) * Water fountain hand...bacteria & mold (per square inch) * Music recorder - 204 bacteria & mold (per square ...

Keyboards, mice a breeding ground for germs

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 14, 2005 ;     445 words ......are important points where germs get transferred from one person...fingers would collect fewer germs from tapping on the typical...seats carried an average of 49 germs per square inch. Germ counts on computer keyboards...strong disinfectants that kill germs. Keyboards and mice ...