Friday, October 03, 2008

Keyboard Residues



... from hospital hand disinfectant gels?

-Wes

PS: I wonder what that stuff would grow?...

3 comments:

  1. might be interesting to find out, aren't keyboards and steering wheels supposed to have more (count and types) of microbes than toilet seats? Time to break out the microscope!

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  2. BBC News, 11/06:

    "Research shows as many as 25% of keyboards carry MRSA. ... The University College London Hospitals NHS Trust keyboard is flat and so easy to clean - and is coated in silicone to help ward off bacteria."

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6107892.stm

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