What do you think the biggest germ carriers are ?!


Question: What do you think the biggest germ carriers are .?
here is 3 for starters
MONEY
PILLOWS
SOAPHealth Question & Answer


Answers:
LIke you said, money, pillows and soap are HUGE germ carriers. Here's a list:

Doorknobs
TV Remotes
Refrigerator Door Handles
Mouse and Keyboards
Pens and Pencils
Jewelry
Animals (including us!)
Cell Phones and Regular Phones
Shopping Carts
Handbags
Wallets
Toilet
Fingernails
Light Switches
Dishwasher Handles
Bathroom Faucets
Salt and Pepper Shakers
Bottles of Food (ketchup and mustard, etc)

Hope that helps :)Health Question & Answer

any surface which harbours germs is called a fomite. Probably the fomite which potentially carries the largest amount of germs is money. money changes hands hundreds of times, each time accumulating more germs (people vary rarely clean money) also money is dropped on floors, in rubbish bins, down toilets, stuck down shorts etc and is also mixed with other money carrying different germs and travels in and out the hands of people who are sick - hospitals for example. money is probably the biggest travelling fomite!Health Question & Answer

hands...soap does NOT carry germs. even public hand soap cannot help bacteria and germs strive because of all the friction (when you rub the soap between your hands) and acids in the soap itself.

most people actually think the floor carries many germs but in fact the most germs come from other people and items of everyday useHealth Question & Answer

Every thing humans touch speak into handle pick up toss away remotes gros buggies kiddies do all in them( wet ,poo, pick nose, spit up nasty stuff,spill things, drool on handle,cough, sneeze) plus nasty hands are on them all the time sit in weather and then brought in , money from farmers ranchers druggies all money is nasty but we all love it.Just think where this has been before you got your grubby hands on to it(.?). Finger nails are also very dirty if not kept clean SPONGES hold more germs than anything!!!!!Health Question & Answer

Hands, door knobs, light switches (endless list)


ps, soap isn't a concern (granted I would never use public bar soap...the purpose of soap is to lather and loosen the germs/viruses/bacteria and rinse it off so there real is not threat as long as you know how to properly wash your hands! :)Health Question & Answer

Between the 3---It should be MONEY. Because it functions as a medium exchange. It's everywhere and everybody handles it sick, dead or young, old, rich, poor, thugs etc...Health Question & Answer

definitely your hands are the biggest germ carriers

just think of the times you touch things with your hands that have been touched by others,who are germ carriers

think about handles everywhere in public places and you will find germs on themHealth Question & Answer

Anything that is handled alot and/ or breathed on - phones, salt and pepper shakers in restaurants, money, door handles, etc.

Soap can harbor bacteria.Health Question & Answer

money has been in people hand, pockets, bras, underware, shoes, g-strings, used to snort cocaine and so much more. so i would say money.Health Question & Answer

Purses. Think about it. You rest your purse on the bathroom floor, even in public washrooms. Then you put it on your kitchen table, counter, everywhere. Sickness!Health Question & Answer

your hands!

please answer mine! :)..

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Gas pump handles, community keyboards, snack dispensers, door handles, pens at the banks and other places, kitchen sinksHealth Question & Answer

I would choose "money" as first and after "grocery cart".Health Question & Answer

Bathroom doorknobs.
Coins
Hair brushes

It's only the hard hand soap things that carry the germs, not like shower gel or anything.Health Question & Answer

bacteria, money, restrooms, little kids who dont wash their handsHealth Question & Answer

Door handles
Chip + pin machines
ATM's
Phones
Trolley handles
Basket handlesHealth Question & Answer

snotty tissues, snotty childrenHealth Question & Answer

Illegal aliens, never been vaccinated for anything.Health Question & Answer

The door handle in a restroom.

Children (I know they're adorable but they do carry a lot of germs)

Computer KeyboardsHealth Question & Answer

Shopping carts...those things are filthy...think of all those little kids sneezing and picking their boogies while going for a ride.Health Question & Answer

paper money
hands
toothbrushes
used cotton hankies kept up sleeves (yuck)Health Question & Answer

money is the first worst germ carrier newspapers I think and phone boxes. Health Question & Answer

Door handles and stairway banisters Health Question & Answer

Humans.Health Question & Answer

DOOR HANDLES, LIPS, AND REMOTESHealth Question & Answer

Children!Health Question & Answer

Children. I know this is an unpopular answer... but it is true.Health Question & Answer

Money, unless you don't wash your pillows.Health Question & Answer

Peoples hands
Keyboards
Door handlesHealth Question & Answer

childrenHealth Question & Answer

dumpstersHealth Question & Answer



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