Talking On A Cell Phone Like 'Placing Your Face On A Toilet Bowl'
from the yeah,-but-is-your-toilet-3G? dept
A new study checked out the mobile phones of 200 doctors and nurses, and found that 95 percent of them were contaminated with bacteria, while 1 in 8 had the MRSA staph bug. These findings pretty much echo those of previous studies, and like those earlier efforts, this one doesn't really go into exactly how dangerous these bacteria-laden handsets are. Unless, of course, you count the comments by the head of a "microbial sterilisation systems company" -- who in no way has a dog in this hunt -- that "holding your phone to your mouth is as dangerous as placing your face on a toilet bowl." Somehow, that comment doesn't seem too convincing, even though it's fairly colorful. If handsets were really portable mongers of bacteria-based death, one would think these medical studies might make that clear, and doctors and hospitals would take some steps to address the problem.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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I don't know about the rest of you but i wash my crotch at least once a day ... when was the last time you washed your keyboard?
To be honest i actually did wash mine once when I spilled a highly alcoholic drink on it and killed everything growing in it. But then the alcohol evaporated and the sugars in the drink encouraged much more to grow.
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Do you pee on your toilet seat?
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And another thing.... it's the bloody mind I'm concerned with, far far filthier than any darn phone i tell ya..
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Welcome To Our Hone
I don't talk to your toilet, so please don't pee on my phone.
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You'll never be rid of germs in a hospital, because members of the public keep bringing them in! But what matters is the doctors interaction with the patient, getting them to follow good practises in keeping their hands clean etc.
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Toilet Bowls bad comparison for dirty
Additionally, the registered bacteria is well below what is considered to be enough to cause an infection to anyone which is conveniently overlooked.
Quite the fearmongering, techdirt is too good a publication to make the same omissions as other media outlets.
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Hitchhiker's alert
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A Quick Wipe
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Cup Your Hands...
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Keyboards?
Some kind of...clingfilm wrapper? That they change once a day?
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Our dirty cell phones
The wipes dry really fast and I love the green tea cusumber smell. Try them out! I use them all the time.
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Doesn't surprise me
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MSRA infected cellphones
1. The term "contaminated with bacteria" is meaningless - we would die without some bacteria; if they mean "harmful" they need to say that.
2. So, 1 in 8 hospital personnel are patients? I don't think so.
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Toilets, bombs and food heaved at guitars
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Benjamins, bombs, and Barbies
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Bacteria
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I like my cell phone clean, thank you.
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