germs

Though the anti-bacterial gel is a useful product that decontaminates hands and keeps them clean, they are not good enough to protect against germs transmitted by animals.

Soap and water best for hand hygiene
Issuing a warning to parents taking their kids on farm visits over the Easter break, experts advise that hand washing with plain soap and water is the best way to achieve healthy hand hygiene.

Disgusting as it may sound, the refrigerator, computer keyboards, mouse, kettle handles as well as the television remote could be the hotbed of crawling harmful disease causing germs, bacteria and viruses, claims a recent study carried out by the Global Hygiene Council.

Luckily, most of the germs are harmless but there are some that are dangerous and can cause anything from a runny nose to a potentially life-threatening infection.

A typical lift button could be thriving with harmful germs, viruses, and bacteria, claims an intriguing new study.

According to researchers, though toilet seats are considered filthy because they are crawling with millions of disease causing germs, the innocuous lift button touched by many people every day harbors nearly forty times more bacteria.

Details of the study
Researchers from the University of Arizona carried out a study on behalf of Mircoban Europe, which manufactures antibacterial protection products.