400 times more bacteria than the average office toilet seat

By way of a health service to readers of this blog, I bring you this story from the BBC

Apparently, keyboards can be 'dirtier than a toilet'. That made you look down and check yours out, didn’t it.

Which? have been analysing keyboards and their conclusion is that, as many people eat their lunch at their computers, leaving crumbs, the keyboards can often harbour harmful bacteria.

Microbiologist Dr Peter Wilson told the BBC that a keyboard was often "a reflection of what is in your nose and in your gut". Nice.

And sharing is not always a good thing. Sharing a keyboard could actually be passing on illnesses among office workers. According to Dr Wilson "Should somebody have a cold in your office, or even have gastroenteritis, you're very likely to pick it up from a keyboard."

Poor personal hygiene, such as not washing hands after going to the toilet, could also be to blame. To observe interesting personal habits check out washyourhands.tv

And just in case you were wondering.........

The researchers also found that, compared to men, on average women have three to four times the amount of germs in, on and around their work area.

Happy typing...