Compared with the bathroom, the kitchen gives the feeling seemed to be more clean.

However, a multinational body composed of health experts found that the family kitchen faucet on harmful bacteria than a toilet flush handle on a lot more.

cloth carefully

the "health committee" of the body research shows that one-third of the kitchen faucet with bacterial indicators do not meet the health standards, the bacterial content of the toilet flush handle and the failure rate of 15%.

14% of the kitchen faucet attached a large number of E. coli, and the toilet flush handle this rate of only 6%. In addition, 8% of the kitchen faucet can cause pneumonia with Staphylococcus aureus, one-fifth of the taps have aeruginosa.

health committee also found that 80% of the family cloth used in the kitchen with a variety of pathogens hazardous to health. When people with such a clean cloth may be symptoms of food poisoning caused by curved bacteria, Salmonella, etc. will be spread to various parts of the kitchen.

In addition, the cutting board, TV remote control, telephone, and so are the germs "扎堆" the "place."

Surprisingly, the survey this place is the cleanest toilet door handles, 75% of households in the bacterial content of the toilet door handles qualified.

worrying

health committee, said the results of this study is worrying, especially in the current outbreak of influenza H1N1 influenza cases.

British "Daily Mail" quoted on the 16th Chairman of the Committee on Health, then约翰奥克斯福德reports, understanding of family health "hot spots" very important "to take good health measures that we are all things can be done, which could cut off the transmission, to protect themselves and their families. "

Health Committee headquarters in the United Kingdom, the members are from the health experts in many countries. Their research areas include microbiology, virology, infectious diseases, immunology and public health.

the study in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United States and other 20 families in the sample.

breeding ground for bacteria

the University of Arizona microbiologist Charles格尔巴also done similar studies. He said that the kitchen is a place where most germs at home. Many people do not realize that the kitchen due to environmental moisture, often to deal with clean food, the breeding of harmful micro-organisms so easy.

He said that the use of a kitchen sponge can contain harmful bacteria 1.2 billion, only one day of washing cloth used in the content of harmful bacteria make people sick enough.

Microsoft - National Broadcasting Network (msnbc) cited a report in 10 months of life most likely breeding ground for harmful micro-organisms where they are kitchen faucets, kitchen garbage grinder, doormat, vacuum cleaners, washing cloth , car dashboard, soap dispenser, restaurant condiment bottles, refrigerator seal, cell phone.

格尔巴recommendations for the elimination of harmful micro-organisms in the kitchen, it should be in direct contact with every day food items or disinfect.

He suggested cloth or sponge to wash dishes in the dishwasher on cleaning, disinfection, can also put it in the microwave heating of 30 seconds.格尔巴said, the kitchen spotless polished enough, must be thoroughly cleaned with disinfectant.