Smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices can be a great ‘home’ for bacteria, including those that cause disease.
I remember some experts at the New York Times, also giving a few suggestions on how to ‘reclaim’ this type of objects. The latest study in order of time on the subject was published a few weeks ago in the American Journal of Infection Control, and found about 15% of a sample of iPad used in hospital colonies of Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile, two bacteria potentially dangerous. In the study were also tested different cleaning methods. “Passing a damp microfiber cloth on the devices is sufficient to eliminate almost all of the most common bacteria – explains Dubert Guerrero Clinic Sanford Health, one of the authors of the study – but for those more resistant to the virus or the flu as it is necessary instead use some cleaning substance. ” Commercial products for cleaning agents containing alcohol, says the expert, are more than enough to ensure a good disinfection. Most ‘germofobi’ may, however, resort to devices designed for smartphones, as big as a coffee can, where you can store items for a ‘bath’ of ultraviolet light, which should kill 99.9% of the colonies. In the market there are also different types of disposable covers, including a kind of ‘envelope’ that completely encloses smartphones and tablets, much used in their hospitals. “How much you want to obsessively clean your device is in the sensitivity of each – says Guerrero – but at least one coat daily with a cloth is the bare minimum for basic hygiene.”
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