Mobile phones contain harmful bacteria

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to nine mobile phones out of every ten are covered with some kind of bacteria, including E. coli, which was responsible for a number of deaths in Germany in June, and Staphylococcus aureus, one of the strains known as MRSA MRSA.
The researchers took a sample of 390 bacteria from the hands of people and telephones in 12 cities around Britain.
Although 95% of respondents claimed that they washed their hands with soap whenever they could, about 16% of the hands and phones containing the bacteria E. coli that transport in the faeces and cause pain in the large intestine.
The Daily Telegraph that about 31% of the hands and 25% of the mobile home to the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus in a natural way in our skin, but it can become dangerous if she moved among the people, and especially for those with weakened immune systems.
Overall, the 92% of mobile phones and 82% of the hands of some of the effects of bacteria.
The researchers said the findings indicate that many people do not wash their hands thoroughly, especially after coming out of the bathroom.
It is noteworthy that once the transmission of bacteria to the mobile life, she can very well because these surfaces difficult to clean and often operating from the heat when the device is used in some cases, protein spray when the person speaking in the handset.
Thus, the bacteria move from the surface of the phone to the hands even after washing and then to the ears and face where it can contaminate any scratches or open wounds, or even other people who are catching up with each speaker.
Dr Ron Cutler, who led the study published by the Global hand washing day yesterday, said that some devices were filled with germs.
He added that they found a direct correlation between how dirty hands and dirty over the phone and that if people wash their hands thoroughly with soap, this link can be lost.
The researchers hope to encourage the idea of ​​the existence of E. coli bacteria on the hands of the people and their phones to take extra care in the bathroom as washing hands with soap is a simple undoubtedly save lives.


Source: The Daily Telegraph