What is more dangerous - to grab the handle of a basket or a refrigerator door in a supermarket? Where are most bacteria and viruses? Where are most bacteria and viruses, Where are most bacteria and viruses. No trip is complete without them., no trips to the store.
Canadian scientists from Marketplace decided to find out, Which surface in the supermarket is the most polluted?. They visited 24 store in Toronto and made swabs from different surfaces, including grocery basket handle, freezer door, child seat, the front of the cart basket... The samples were sent to the laboratory and a ranking of the dirtiest places in the supermarket was compiled.
At the first place -PIN code of the device for cashless payment.
It turned, sellers wipe this surface the least often and there really is a lot of stuff on it. The explanation is simple - the pads on the device are less convenient to wipe, than a flat surface. Experts advise store owners to take the information received into account and disinfect the surface for entering the PIN code after each client.. But remember your last trip to the store?: have you ever seen, for the cashier to do it?
Basket handle for products - in second place. Their, of course, wipe, but hardly more often, than once a day. The flow of people in the supermarket is so large, that processing needs to be done more often. So it's in your best interest to wipe down the basket handle., before you pick it up.
Third place shared freezer door handle and front of the cart, more precisely, that part, which buyers are grabbing, to pull her towards you. That is, people deliberately avoid contact with the pen, considering, It's safer to stick to the basket itself. So it's a surprise: the cleanest surface is the cart handle.
"I'm literally shocked by, that this surface has the least amount of bacteria, there must be more of everything", - Jason Tetreault said, microbiology expert.
The stores tried to explain this to those, that carts are used less often than baskets and staff have time to wipe handles after each client.
Buyers should also be vigilant - use gloves and antibacterial agents, but you need to remember: for the gel or lotion to work, he will need time. That is, we do not apply the product in the store., and before that, how to get there.
“It is best to use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, 62-70-percent ethanol or alcohol, they need to sanitize their hands during 15 seconds. And remember— you touch your face approximately 16 once in a while. There's nothing you can do about it, that's how we are built", - added the scientist.
A source: www.wday.ru