Keyboard "Five Times Filthier Than Toilet Seat"

A study by a consumer group has discovered shockingly large amounts of dirt and harmful bacteria on the humble office keyboard, with one in the study containing five times more bacteria than a toilet seat... Or 150 times the safe limit of bacteria’s such as E.coli and staphylococcus aureus.

The germs found could cause various forms of illness, including food poisoning type symptoms. The main culprits for growing bacteria on a keyboard are people who eat lunch at their desks, and let the crumbs fall between the keys; and those who do not wash their hands properly.

The study, by consumer group Which? found that 10-percent of people said they never cleaned their keyboard, with a further 20-percent admitting to never cleaning their mouse, and almost half cleaned their keyboard less than once a month.

Which? Computing editor Sarah Kidner said: "Most people don’t give much thought to the grime that builds up on their PC but if you don’t clean your computer you might as well eat your lunch off the toilet."

"Why not give your PC a spring clean? It’s quite simple to do and could prevent your computer from becoming a health hazard."

*www.tomsguide.com/us/Keyboard-Bacteria-Health,news-1213.html

very old.

btw - where does one get KB cleaners like the one shown in gattaca.(its a small device with a nozzle which $ucks the dirt/dust from b/n the keys)

confused said:
very old.

But not posted here before.

^^ok.

there is a usb keybd cleaner I saw in some stores.

*imgs.xkcd.com/comics/keyboards_are_disgusting.png

mine is not likely to be so dirty......wipe it with a damp cloth every 2 days of so and every 3 months i pop out all the keys and soak all the plastic componnts in mild detergent and brush it key-by-key

no need of using detergent.
use some spirit

QwertyManiac said:
*imgs.xkcd.com/comics/keyboards_are_disgusting.png

lol

QwertyManiac said:
*imgs.xkcd.com/comics/keyboards_are_disgusting.png

ROFL

QwertyManiac said:
*imgs.xkcd.com/comics/keyboards_are_disgusting.png

hehe. Does this mean that I used to sit beside a toilet. My ex-colleague in office does everything (except shitting) in his cube. Eat roti and with the same hands, he used to type.

can lappy keys be removed for cleanin?

desiibond said:
hehe. Does this mean that I used to sit beside a toilet. My ex-colleague in office does everything (except shitting) in his cube. Eat roti and with the same hands, he used to type.

so he pee in the same cube

fun2sh said:
can lappy keys be removed for cleanin?

mechanical ones do had a provision

thought of getting tvse gold(mechanical keyboard).is it worth?

^^ Yup. Very good keyboard.
Uspe type karneka maza hi kuch aur hai.

^^ to karte raho type

M

nik_for_you said:
^^ to karte raho type

oh thank god i kept cleaning my keyboard patak patak ke

hahaha..its like held it up..n den hit its back hard
also i had to open it, remove all keys and den refix dem as usually the keys get stuck

hahahaaa...unknowingly i kept my keyboard very clean
now i can tease my friends for deir dirty keyboard who used to earlier tease me for old keyboard

QwertyManiac said:
*imgs.xkcd.com/comics/keyboards_are_disgusting.png

LOL

Here's a better way to clean you keyboard:

*techiesrealm.com/blog/2008/04/cleaning-the-keyboard/