1. The average floor has 764 bacteria per square inch. That is a lot of bacteria that can get on your pens if you drop them, your purse or backpack and your shoes.

2.  Some viruses can live on your desk for days. Viruses multiply and can remain infectious for up to 24 hours on most hard surfaces.

3.  A Virus can spread through an office in less than 4 hours. As the university’s professor of microbiology, Charles Gerba, said: “The hand is quicker than the sneeze.” In fact, around 80% of common infections are transmitted by touch. But it’s practically impossible to avoid the germs of co-workers, even those we don’t know, especially when the average person touches 300 surfaces every 30 minutes.

4. Elevator buttons have 40 times the amount of bacteria than a toilet seat. Some buildings have thousands of people touching the buttons.

5. Every year we shed 8 pounds of dead skin. Now multiply that by how many people work or visit your office.

6. Your office desk has more than 10 million bacteria. Office phones usually have 25,000 germs per square inch and your keyboard is hiding 7,500 microbes and that multiplies every day we don’t disinfect it.

7. 500,000 bacterial cells found per square inch on the surfaces in the public restroom. According to a study conducted by Live Science, people can bring an extraordinary amount of bacteria into public restrooms. The study found that it’s not uncommon for restroom floors to house more than 2,000,000 bacteria per square inch.

8. One germ can multiply into more than 8 million germs in one day. Imagine how many people that first initial germ can affect in a matter of 24 hours.

9. The air quality in a closed space can be up to 500% worse than outdoors. Your office air ducts could have mold in them and you wouldn’t know.

10. Your breakroom sink is covered in germs. When Kimberly-Clark Professional analyzed various office areas for bacteria and collected nearly 5,000 samples in 2012, they found that 75 percent of all break room sink faucet handles tested had high levels of contamination. Actually, out of all the surfaces swabbed, the break room sink was the most consistently contaminated.

Enviro USA Inc is here to help not only inform you on cool facts but also to take care of your Total Building Maintenance needs. Call 866-564-1414 or visit our website at www.envirousa.com today to schedule a meeting with one of our staff to go over any needs your company may have.

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