1, hand
A recent study in the United States found that 94% of the respondents said they would wash their hands after going to the toilet, but according to the actual observation in public toilets, only 68% of them followed the instruction of "Please wash your hands". Dirty hands are the most susceptible to food-related diseases.
2. Office phone number
A telephone handset may contain 2000 different kinds of bacteria, but most of them are harmless. However, if a person with a cold uses the mobile phone before you, and your lips touch the mobile phone when you use it, or you wipe your mouth or rub your eyes with your hands after the phone call, it is likely to be infected.
3. Toothbrush
Never borrow someone else's toothbrush, even close family or friends. According to the British Dental Association, bacteria and viruses in the mouth will remain on toothbrushes, such as rashes and thrush viruses, and they can survive in toothbrushes for two days, even if they are dry.
4. pen
According to the research of Rinstead, a drug manufacturer for oral ulcer, besides writing, the pen has four main uses: chewing, scratching back or itching feet, stirring coffee or tea, and draining. So when you want to put a pen in your mouth, please think twice. Never borrow a doctor's pen. According to the research of the University of Salzburg in Austria, from patients to doctors' hands to doctors' pens, doctors' pens are contaminated by many different kinds of bacteria and viruses, including urinary system infections and impetigo skin diseases.
5. Public shower room
The shower room of swimming pool and gym is the best place to infect Hong Kong's feet because it is humid and warm, so it is best to bring your own slippers. And develop good foot hygiene habits: washing feet every day and drying them thoroughly is the best way to prevent beriberi.
6. Toilet
Sitting in the toilet doesn't have to worry about getting sexually transmitted diseases or AIDS, but it may infect the stomach. Most gastrointestinal pathogens are transmitted through the oral-excreta route. According to research, more than 60% toilet seats are polluted by excreta.
So if you eat without washing your hands after touching the toilet seat, you may unconsciously eat the germs on the toilet.
Sometimes we wipe the seat cushion with toilet paper when sitting in front of the toilet, but this move may spread bacteria on the toilet seat cushion.
Other popular places where bacteria like to gather in toilets are: flush handles, faucets and door handles, so you must wash your hands with soap after going to the toilet, especially in public toilets, and it is best to dry your hands with paper towels.
7. chopping board
Any germs contained in food may sneak into the chopping block by preparing food.
Such as salmonella hidden in raw meat, eggs, unwashed vegetables and dairy products.
The common route of infection is cross-contamination of raw and cooked food, so it is best to use different knives and chopping boards when handling raw meat, cooked food, fruits and vegetables, or to thoroughly wash knives and chopping boards with hot water and detergent when handling different foods, and of course wash your hands.
8. Aircraft
Many people caught a cold on the plane. Recently, there were two cases of tuberculosis in Britain. After tracing, it was found that it was infected on the plane to new york.
There is a cost-saving method for long-haul aircraft, that is, the air in the cabin is recycled, which means that the air you breathe in 15 hours is the air exhaled by 300 passengers.
Although the civil aviation unit said that the proportion of fresh air in the cabin should not be less than 50%, in fact, few people checked it. Closed space and reused air let bacteria and viruses drift around, and the dry air to dry nasal cavity becomes a more suitable breeding ground for bacteria.
If you want to fly, all you can do is take some vitamins a few days before and during the flight to enhance your immunity.
9.mattress
Microorganisms in mattresses can affect health, not bacteria or viruses, but dust mites, which can cause allergic rhinitis and asthma. According to the report of the British National Bedding Association, dust mites are parasitic on human skin. Everyone loses a few pounds of dander every year, and most of them fall on the bed. At the same time, we lose 45 gallons of water a year when we sleep, which creates a humid and warm environment and is conducive to the reproduction of dust mites. Experts suggest that the best way to prevent mites:
1. Air the room every day.
2. Keep the bedding fresh, bask in bask in the quilt when there is sunshine, and clean the mattress and pillow with a vacuum cleaner every week.
3. Patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma can buy sheets with anti-mite function.