{"id":2415,"date":"2010-06-24T20:20:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T00:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2021-08-13T18:02:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T22:02:53","slug":"keyboard-viruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/keyboard-viruses\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard Viruses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Keyboard<\/a>Computer keyboards are so dirty<\/strong> they could cause symptoms of food poisoning<\/strong> and other illnesses, according to an article<\/a> on InfoWeek<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0British<\/a> researchers for Which? Computing<\/a><\/em> says that your computer keyboard is filthier than toilets<\/strong>. The site had a microbiologist compare germs on 33 office keyboards to toilets and bathroom door handles and found the keyboards contained the most bacteria.<\/p>\n

The keyboards were so dirty, they could cause symptoms of food poisoning<\/strong> and other illnesses, according to the article. One keyboard had 150 times the recommended limits on bacteria and was five times as dirty as one of the toilet seats. The magazine said that office workers who fail to wash their hands after using the bathroom and those who eat lunch at their desks are likely to blame for the dirty keyboards. Half the people surveyed said they clean their keyboards less than once a month. Ten percent said they never clean their keyboards, and 20% said they never clean their mouse.<\/p>\n