Drawbacks of Bringing Phone to Bathroom

Are you a mobile phone addict? Do you hate being separated from your device?  Do you love to be accompanied by your mobile phone to the bathroom or toilets? If yes, then you are going to endure some health problems. Using your mobile phone in the bathroom can disperse some serious illnesses and health problems. According to the Florida Hospital Centra Care physician, you are bringing your phone into a heavy bacterial environment, and you are just contaminating that surface. If anything you taking out with you into the environment, then that shouldn’t be escorting you into the bathroom.

Research studies claiming the Drawbacks

The mobile devices that have increasing importance in people’s lives, and meanwhile, they’re becoming more contaminated and infected with bacteria when introduced to the bathroom. The air pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli, salmonella, C. difficile, norovirus, has the maximum chances of getting deposited onto these devices, which could lead to either self-infection, or the transmission of infection by touching somebody else. The most concerned things with mobile phones are you are placing it next to your nose, mouth, which is how germs are transmitted to the GI tract or to the respiratory tract.

The recent study by the St. Joseph’s Health Care, Hamilton claims that the use of such devices without washing your hands or cleaning off the device with an alcohol wipe could lead to a maximum effect of bacteria. If proper and regular hygiene is maintained, not only for your hands but also for your mobile phones and your tablets, which are more likely the extensions of your hands, then you’re going to be safe.

Health Problems from using phones and devices in bathrooms

The infection control manager in Hamilton conducted an ATP test, which measures the amount of organic material and bacteria on surfaces, such as E. Coli and fecal matter. According to the results, 30 suggested that a surface is clean, but some devices had score over 100, and some of them were as high with 400. Few researches had concluded how much handheld devices play the role in spreading of pathogens. Smartphones, keyboards iPads and tablets are more contaminated than the toilet seats, according to the recent studies. The study swabbed 90 devices which were found extreme level of bacteria having 600 units of Staphylococcus aureus, which is far more than compare to the office toilets having 20 units only. The types of illnesses you could usually get from bacteria and germs on a phone when get touched with eyes, nose and mouth are colds, flu, and GI and stomach illnesses and even food poisoning too.

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Some quick and effective tips to prevent sickness from your devices

1. Wash your hands regularly and try to keep your hands away from your eyes, nose, and mouth.

2. Do not take your phone into the bathroom or toilets.

3. Wipe your device with an alcohol-based wipe periodically.

4. Try to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Coughing or sneezing can spread these germs through microscopic droplets in the air.

5. Do not place your phone on germy surfaces like bus seat, bathroom floor, or toilet seat, toilet cover.

6. Keep your phone inside your purse or pockets.

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