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Regardless of the frequency to which you hit your home with a bottle of lysol or a clorox container, it is always likely with germs. And while this truth was easy for some of us to ignore in the past, thecoronavirus pandemic even has casual cleaners concerned about all items and surfaces they and their families affect. That's why we compiled a list ofdirty things In your home you can - and should you focus on the next separation of the disinfectant.

While this study occurred in 2015, long before Covid-19 began to propagate, researchers from Colorado University in Boulder collected dust samples of 1,200 American households and could identify more than9,000 Different species ofMicrobes, bacteria and mushrooms. Simply put, there is a huge amount of germs hidden on your handle handle and under your couch cushions.

Although the best action plan would be to make a clean clean of your home every week, it is certainly unrealistic, even if you work from you right now. When you go through your regular cleaning ritual, be sure to touch the following 13 points with a disinfectant cleaner or modify them otherwise frequently:

1. Your keyboard of your computer

How long the average American spends on their computer - about 6.5 hours a day at work alone, according to a 2018 survey fromAcuvue-It is small surprise as ourkeyboards overflow with germs.

In fact, a 2018 study published in theInternational Journal for Environmental Research and Public Health tested various keyboards and found that the majority of them were infected with strains of bacteria ranging fromBacillus ToStaphylococcus aureus, that everyone has the potential to cause a disease.

2. Your kitchen sponge

If you do not raise your kitchen sponge every week, you may want to start. Why? Well, a 2017 study published in the journalScientific reports analyzed theBacterial microbiomas On 14 cooking sponges. The researchers found that they contained 362 different bacterial species. "Locally, the density of bacteria has reached 54 billion per square centimeter of sponge fabric, similar to the microbial density of the saddle samples", author of the studyMarkus Egert Furtwangen University explained toScience. Nowit'srepugnant!

3. Your mobile phone

Yourcellphone is easily one of the dirtiest things in your home. A 2009 study published in theAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials Tested phones Out of 200 health workers and found that 31.3% were contaminated with strains of negative Gram bacteria.

But it empires: according to theNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesSome types of gram-negative bacteria have become increasingly resistant to antibiotic drugs available. You will want to wipe your Smartphone Statistics!

4. Your bathroom sink

The place in thebathroom Where you are going to clean your hands is also one of the dirtiest places in your home. Yes, we are talking about the sink. Believe it or not, when Mira Showers hiredMarco Mendoza Villa, PhD, a researcher of the school of biological sciences of the University of Bristol, to test various bathroom surfaces for bacteria in 2018, he found thatThe sink was the most infested germ. By the conclusions of the study, nearly 80% of the sink surface was covered with pathogens, making it the dirtiest area of ​​the bathroom (even compared to the toilet seat).

5. Your pillowcase

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When you finally have the chance to go to bed at night, the last thing you want to worry is how many germs live on your pillowcase. However, if you do not clean it at least once a week, you can guarantee that it's anything but clean. According to 2016 research conducted by AmeriLeep, a week of one weekpillowcase is teemingWith an average of 3 million units of bacteria forming colonies per square inch (CFU / sq.). (For reference, it is 17,442 times more bacteria than you find on your toilet seat.) Leave your pillowcase not washed for three weeks and you could be treated up to 8.51 million CFU / SQ. in.

6. Your kitchen towels

When researchers from the University of Mauritius analyzed 100cooktoes After a month of use, they discovered that about half of them wore a kind of bacteria. In addition, the towels borrowed from larger households tended to have more bacteria growth than those taken from small households without children.

7. Your toothbrush holder

The practical dandy carrier that houses yourtoothbrushis probably also room more germs than you do. In 2011, the purified international NSF 30 daily items in 22 different households and found that about 27% of all.Toothbrush holders positive tested for coliform, a class of bacteria that includes dangerous strains likeE. coliandSalmonella.

8. Your cooking sink

Your toothbrush holder is not the only thing that hosted coliform bacteria. The same 2011 NSF International Study found that about 45% of the cooking wells tested also lodge in the malicious microbe.

9. Your coffee machine

Your daily lifeCup of coffee Could you provide you a lot more than just a caffeine jerk. A 2015 survey published in the journalScientific reportsanalyzed 10Nespresso machines and found that each contained a kind of bacterial community. More specifically, each machine contained from 35 to 67 generals of different bacteria in its single drip tray.

10. Your bottle of water

If you think you do not have to clean your bottle of water reusable simply because the only thing that passes it is water, thinking again. By study of 2017 published in theAnnals of civil and environmental engineering, the averagebottle of water Contains up to 75,000 bacteria points / ml-and if it is dirty, this number can multiply up to 2 million accounts / ml in one day.

11. Your cutting board

Be very careful next time you clean your cutting board. Compared to 2006 published in theAOAC International Journal,cutting boards-Parently those with intense onion session knife scars - are "very difficult to clean and disinfect" and have the potential ofPort bacteria AsSalmonella.

12. Your shoes

Your parents knew what they spoke when they told you not to wear your shoes inside the house. A 2016 study published in the magazineInfectious diseases at the open forum found that approximately 26.4% of allsole of a shoe carryIt's hardA strain of dangerous bacteria that can cause intense (potentially deadly) diarrhea.

13. Your remote control

Even if you do not use your TV all this often, it is more than likely that your remote is one of the dirtightest things in your home. For a 2012 study published by theAmerican Society for MicrobiologyThe researchers have invaded the surfaces of several objects found in the rooms of the hotel and have discovered thatremote controls were one of the most infested things in the germ of the room.

Additional reporting by Sage Young.