With Halloween just around the corner are you ready to hear some utterly scary workplace hygiene facts?

5 Scary Workplace Hygiene Facts

FACT 1 - Your office desk:

• The average work desk is actually 400 times dirtier than the average toilet seat. There are around 10 million bacteria that live on your office desk.

FACT 2 - Your workplace mug:

• According to studies done by the University of Arizona about 90% of office cups harbour germs and bacteria that could make us ill. What's scarier up to 20% of the mugs tested also had traces of faecal matter! Using the shared kitchen brushes, cloths and sponges just is not doing the job they are likely to be adding to the problem.

FACT 3 - Your computer keyboard:

• The average computer keyboard harbours around 7500 bacteria and 11% of office workers never clean them! Less than half of people only sanitise their keyboard less than once a month. It has been said that viruses such as the flu can survive on such surfaces for up to and sometimes even more than 24 hours!

FACT 4 - Elevator buttons:

• Elevator buttons harbour 22% more bacteria than toilet seats.

FACT 5 - Hand washing:

• About 7% of women and 15% of men do not wash their hands at all after using the bathroom... Up to 80% of communicable diseases are transferred by touch and failing to wash hands correctly contributes to nearly 50% of all foodborne illness outbreaks

BONUS SCARY FACT:

• Only 3% of offices sufficiently clean their equipment.

Scared? 

To find out how SWS Group can help your with your workplace hygiene and cleaning needs to give us a call on (08) 9336 6944. SWS Group delivers the Superior Workplace Hygiene Services you need, when you need it.