Ich Door Handle Has The Most Bactiria

June 25 2007 your home may be germier than you think new research shows.

Ich door handle has the most bactiria. On a hard non porous surface like a door handle most viruses are destroyed within 24 hours. These harmful bacteria can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea in affected persons. That goes for door knobs too of course. Surfaces that are touched frequently from shopping carts to the elliptical machine at your gym are often crawling with bacteria.

Out of 32 places in the home the top spots for bacteria are the toilet bowl kitchen drain kitchen sponge or counter. Can a door handle keep you healthy. That depends on what s on it. A 2000 study by scientists at the uk s aston university school of health and life sciences examined the household conditions of six families who had recently suffered from a salmonella outbreak.

The survival time for bacteria is more variable. Salmonella only lasts four hours but mrsa can last several weeks and c. Between the keyboard and the doorknob the keyboard has more types of bacteria because we can see that there are around 5 different colonies from the data gathered while the doorknob only has 4. That stuff can make you sick.

Out of all the samples the keyboard also has the most types of colonies because the others all have 4 or less than 4 colonies. One study found that starbucks door handles carried more bacteria than a new york city subway pole. The lg instaview door in door counter depth fridge allows you to press a button on the door handle and quickly grab an item in the right door while the rest of the fridge remains closed. Out of the 180 swab samples.

Most are teeming with bacteria. However when those door knobs are made of brass or copper a chemical. Difficile has been found to survive for up to five months. On clothing or skin the survival time is roughly halved.

The material of the handle itself contributes to the growth of bacteria with most door handles being constructed with stainless steel these are more than suitable homes for bacteria.