The company Microban Europe conducted a study in restaurants, hotels, banks, offices and airports commissioned by the University of Arizona. Scientists have discovered 313 colonies of various bacteria on every square centimeter buttons in elevators . On the same surface area on the toilet seat in a public toilet toilet is found only 8 colonies.
Microorganisms of the elevator may include in their ranks and various coliform bacteria Like E.coli . "The building, where they live and work a lot of people to the buttons in the elevators is touched every day hundreds of people who can carry on all the possible types of bacteria - said study author Dr. Nicholas Moon. - Even if button in the elevator regularly cleaned, they still have a high potential to become a dwelling place of the bacteria. "
This is not the first study that shows the risk of bacterial conventional office space. Recently, scientists have found that on a traditional desktop lives in 400 times more bacteria than a toilet seat. Four times as many them on the computer keyboard. But panic about it should not be.
"Just because the buttons in the elevator live bacteria, your health is not exposed to significant danger, - says one of the UK's leading microbiologists Professor Hugh Pennington. - The best way protection from bacteria it personal hygiene. Wash your hands with soap and water before eating. "
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