[Busman747]

I came across an interesting site recently that has published the result of a test in America to find out where bacteria lurk in an office.

The testing was carried out by a University in Oakland, California and 7,000 swabs were taken from offices situated in New York, San Franscisco, Tucson and Tampa.

I have decided to put this in the General Thread because it contains info that should be of interest to most of us that either sit in an office all day or enjoy their bacon butties while contributing to the Accyweb. Just how many germs do you generate - And where do they lurk? I will give the web site and answers in a couple of days.

Areas within the office were:

1. Desktop

2. Phone

3. Mouse

4. Keyboard

5. Microwave door handle

6. Elevator button

7. Photocopier start button

8. Photocopier surface

9. Toilet seat

10. Fax machine

11. Refrigerator handle

12. Water fountain handle

So where are all those nasty bugs hanging out? - and what is the safest area?

I have deleted "The Microwave" and "Desktop" from the poll as 10 is the maximum and those two are neither the best - or worst

You can have a multible choice of what you feel is the cleanest area - -