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The Editors of Office Product Reviews at Best Choice Reviews decided to research the topic of: SAFE FOR WORK? Keeping clean and healthy in the office may be harder than you think. 1 in 3 office workers have witnessed co-workers leaving restrooms without washing their hands. 53% of Americans don't wash their hands after exchanging money. The average person touches 300 surfaces every 30 minutes, exposing themselves to 840,000 germs. Diligent washing, wiping and sanitizing can help office professionals reduce their rates of cold and flu by as much as 80%. 72% of Americans typically go to work when they are sick. 55% of workers say they feel guilty when they call in sick. 78% of workers say they wash their hands often. 15% of workers avoid shaking hands with people to avoid germs. 3% skip meetings where sick people are in attendance. Just how dirty is my office? Researchers swabbed about 5,000 surfaces in office buildings, including law firms, insurance companies,...

Today we are far too used to being lax with the hygiene of our homes, often neglecting it out of laziness or boredom. That however has to change we would never or very rarely ignore our own personal hygiene so things should really be no different when it comes to that of our residence. Hygiene goes a lot deeper than just the look, feel and smell of a place there is a lot more than meets the eye if we don't do a thorough job at cleaning and sanitizing the environment of our homes. Proper disinfection and cleaning are vital to keeping diseases and infections away from our homes as well as allergies and the like. That being said even though hospitals and laboratories have to be perfectly clean and sterile in order to avoid the aforementioned problems our homes should be no different in many ways. Infection prevention is an important aspect of our lives when it comes to health and it is especially important if we have pets around the house. Pet hair, dead skin particles and more co...

If you're reading this at work, brace yourself. A new study shows that typical offices have hundreds of types of bacteria in them, and men's offices have the most. Researchers report finding more than 500 different types of bacteria on common surfaces in offices in three major U.S. cities. And, perhaps less surprisingly to some people, they found that men's offices are more contaminated than women's. "Humans are spending an increasing amount of time indoors, yet we know little about the diversity of bacteria and viruses where we live, work, and play," says lead researcher Scott Kelley, PhD. The San Diego State University biologist and his team swabbed five common office surfaces -- chairs, phones, desks, computer mice, and keyboards -- in 90 different offices, 30 each in San Francisco, New York, and Tucson. The research team, which was partially funded by the Clorox Corporation, found bacteria on nearly every surface they tested. Most of it came from t...

You'd probably rather not think about it, but there are hundreds of species of bacteria on your desk, according researchers who sampled offices in three U.S. cities. The study identified at least 500 species of bacteria in the offices, and found that men's offices tended to be germier than women's. And although offices in New York City and San Francisco had similar types of bacteria, those in the Golden State were less contaminated than those in the Big Apple, the researchers said. But don't go running for the hand sanitizer just yet although the findings have an "ick" factor, bacteria in your office are not necessarily something to worry about, the researchers said. After all, many bacteria are harmless, and actually helpmaintain human health. "You shouldn't be worried in your own office it's you; it's just a reflection of who you are," said study researcher Scott Kelley, an associate professor of biology at San Diego State Unive...