The Dhaka Times Desk If you were asked where there are more germs, the toilet or your smartphone? You might naturally say that toilets have more germs.
But studies have revealed that the phones we use have more germs than toilet commodes. Well think about it, we use different substances every day to eliminate germs from the body. Toilet commodes are cleaned at least once a week with a cleaner such as Harpic. And so many ingredients are used only for disinfecting and cleaning. Now tell me how many times a month do you wash or clean your smartphone with these ingredients? Certainly not once. Because if we get a little drop of water on our phone, we quickly wipe it off, there is no question of washing it.
So now imagine picking up your smart phone after touching various germs every day. So these germs are going to talk? Of course it stays with your phone which then enters our body in various ways. Many times the phone falls from the hand on the road or in a dirty environment. Then we pick it up and put it in the pocket just dusting off the dust. But at the same time various germs stick to the phone.
Studies have shown that mobile phones contain a variety of deadly bacteria, including harmful E-coli. A study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that one in six mobile phones used in England contained faecal bacteria. Bacteria like E-coli have also been found.
Many people wash their hands before eating and start eating using mobile phones with those hands for a while. They think there is no problem with it. But now you have started eating with various types of bacteria that came from the mobile phone. That is, the jaggery sand for which he washed his hands.
Ways to get rid of all these bacteria in mobile phones:
As mobile has now become our daily companion, it is impossible to avoid it. However, it is possible to protect yourself from the bacteria sticking to the mobile phone by taking several precautions.
1. Never touch the mobile phone after washing your hands for eating. And if you have to catch it, wash your hands again and sit down to eat.
2. Children usually take whatever they can get their hands on. So don't put the phone in their hands or anywhere around them.
3. Avoid holding the phone with dirty hands. Because all kinds of germs make their home on the phone through dirty hands.
4. Do not leave the phone anywhere. Because if you put the phone in a dirty place, germs will stick to the phone from there.
5. If possible, open the catch of the phone and occasionally clean the catch with a disinfectant. Then wipe and dry in the sun and use again.
Besides, we can protect ourselves from various phone germs by using the phone with a little caution.
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