Computer Clean Up

Would you eat your lunch off the toilet seat? Didn’t think so, but here’s food for thought. There could be more germs lurking on your desk, computer and keyboard than in the bathroom, which could even contain bacteria such as ecoli, MRSA or Salmonella!

DURABLE’s recent survey on hygiene in the workplace found that a staggering 75 per cent of us have dirty monitors, which can lead to headaches, eye strain and nausea. It also found 90 per cent of us eat lunch at our desks, filling cracks in keyboards and smearing screens and telephones with dust, dirt, food crumbs and drink stains. A disgusting 72 per cent of us even pick our noses at work!

The popularity in hot desking has risen, yet we don’t seem to think twice about the germs cultivating in our desk environments. Colleagues sneezing and coughing over your workstation, dropping food crumbs into your keyboard or leaving make-up or saliva on your telephone, can lead to a high risk of disease and infection. Scientific studies have proven that our keyboards can even contain bacteria such as ecoli, MRSA and salmonella.

Stewart Anderson, vice president of marketing, at DURABLE UK says: “Our research on office hygiene found some shocking results. The mystery remains as to why we spend fortunes on household cleaning products yet seem perfectly content to work in a germ ridden, bacteria infested place everyday.”

“With the launch of our website and National Computer Cleaning Week®, we hope to get everyone in action to clean up their work environment.”

NOTES TO EDITORS

Key findings:
• 90% of office workers eat lunch at their desks
• 22% of us do not wash our hands before preparing food at the office
• 65% of office workers go on to share PC’s and telephones!
• 72% of us pick our noses at work – yuk!
• 90% of offices claim to have cleaners in every day and yet 65% of those who responded actually wished they had cleaned their equipment themselves
• 75% of us have dirty PC screen – and yet do nothing about it!
Yes you guessed it – 60% of us have had a cold in the past three months – no surprise there then!

For further information on how to get involved in DURABLE Computer Cleaning Week®, visit www.computercleaningweek.com or contact us

www.computercleaningmonth.com