Toilet seats are cleaner than keyboards or telephone dials: study

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NEW YORK (AFP) - Keyboards, computer mice and telephone dials are more

infested with microbes than toilet seats, according to a University of

Arizona study.

The study recommends that office work stations be regularly disinfected

since they can on average contain 400 times as many germs as a toilet seat,

said Gerba, a University of Arizona microbiologist. ...

" Desks are really bacteria cafeterias, " Gerba said in a press release. " They

are breakfast bars, lunch tables and everything else, as we spend more hours

at the office.

" When someone is infected with a cold or flu bug, the surfaces they touch

during the day become germ transfer points because some cold and flu viruses

can survive on surfaces for up to 72 hours, " he added. " An office can become

an incubator. " ...