Cleaning quotes and statistics
Some interesting quotes and statistics taken from researcxh carried out by Dr Gerba at University of Arizona and Durable UK
Hot spots for hundreds and thousands of bacteria are found on printer buttons which are touched by many different people every day Source: ABC News 2006
Cleaning your desk and computer accessories regularly can reduce the bacteria count by 99.9% Source: University of Arizona
25,127 germs per square inch are contaminated on a telephone, where as a toilet has 49 germs per square inch Source: University of Arizona
60% of time off work illnesses are contracted from dirty equipment in the office. Ecoli, Staph and bacteria are the common germs in today's work places Source: University of Arizona
There are 445 times more bacteria on your office work station than on a toilet seat! Source: University of Arizona
The key areas for germs to gather in the workspaces are the telephone, desktop, keyboard and computer mouse Source: University of Arizona
A whopping 87% of office workers eat their lunch at their desk yet only 22% of office workers wash their hands before preparing food at the office Source: Durable UK Ltd
65% of office workers share phones and computers Source: Durable UK Ltd
90% of offices claim to have cleaners in their office every day and yet 65% of the individuals who responded wished they had actually cleaned their desks and office equipment themselves Source: Durable UK Ltd
Just 70% of offices have a cleaner meaning over 30% are responsible for ensuring they keep their own office clean Source: Durable UK Ltd
71% of office workers believe their dirty workspace is making them ill Source: Durable UK Ltd
67% of people surveyed say they've been off sick in the last year with 36% of these have been absent for more than four days and 60% of office workers have had a cold in the past three months Source: Durable UK Ltd
82% of us feel we would work harder in a cleaner office and an astonishing 71% of us think that bad desk hygiene can cause us to take more sickies Source: Durable UK Ltd
Over half of the respondents in a recent survey retrieve rubbish from bins by hand Source: Durable UK Ltd
Only 8% of full time workers wash their hands when they arrive at work in the morning Source: Durable UK Ltd
97% of respondents were familiar with viruses such as MRSA, E-coli and Salmonella but only 7% of respondents think that people who take extreme precautions to avoid public surfaces are healthier Source: Durable UK Ltd
59% think you are most likely to catch contagious diseases, like E-coli, at hospitals, compared to just 6% who think that you are more likely to catch them at the office Source: Durable UK Ltd
34% consider people who take extreme precautions against viruses as paranoid and 41% think they are obsessive compulsive Source: Durable UK Ltd
A disgusting 72% of office workers pick their noses at work! Source: Durable UK Ltd
67% of office workers had seen colleagues sneeze or cough without covering their mouths Source: Durable UK Ltd
60% of respondents claimed they often see colleagues leave the bathroom without washing their hands Source: Durable UK Ltd
A quarter of us often put our feet up on our desks Source: Durable UK Ltd
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