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Is Your Keyboard Making You Sick?

October 30, 2007

Okay, I admit I have thought about this before. I spend a lot of time at my keyboard, even eat at it sometimes (I’m ashamed to say), and I have wondered how many germs might be on my keyboard. I use a damp cloth on it occasionally and even give it a blast of that compressed dust remover that comes in a can, but stuff still has a way of building up.

Thinking about germs on my keyboard is not the kind of thing I’d normally share with people. So, it was a relief for me to discover someone else has given some thought to the problem. The people over at JustSayHi have composed a little 15 question quiz, and when you’ve finished it, you’ll have an idea about how your keyboard rates. I did pretty well…  they estimated that there were about 1,168,440 germs on my keyboard right now. That’s equivalent to the number of germs on 234 toilet seats! How will your keyboard rate?

1,168,440How Many Germs Live On Your Keyboard?

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Written by The Editor · Filed Under The Writing Life