Friday, April 28, 2017
How to Clean Your Computer and Cell Phone
How to Clean Your Computer and Cell Phone
I know it so funny when I tell you that your “Mobile Phones Are 18 Times Dirtier Than Toilet Handles ” and “Your Keyboard: Dirtier Than a Toilet” may have you worrying that your personal electronic devices are bacteria breeding grounds.
Are they? Should you worry?
According to a research bacteria and viruses can survive for several days on those devices—particularly in places where lots of people share the same equipment, such as hospitals, workplaces, and schools, says infectious-disease expert Dubert Guerrero, M.D., an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
To avoid this bacterias and viruses cleaning your electronic devices every week or so is good especially those you share with other people, does make sense, just like it makes sense to wash your hands after using the bathroom. (And it’s also a good idea to refrain from using your phone in the bathroom and toilet, 90 percent of people in a recent Verizon survey admitted of doing that.) But that doesn’t mean you need expensive or complicated cleaners or equipment to keep them clean. Simple and cheap methods can do the job just fine. Here’s how to clean your computer and other electronics.
Computer Keyboard, Mouse, and TV Remote
Options for disinfecting keyboard or household wipes, which typically contain alcohol, Guerrero says. Or use a barely moist alcohol swab or a microfiber cloth moistened lightly with rubbing alcohol or mild dish soap mixed with water. But avoid antibacterial wipes, which can contain ingredients such as triclosan that may breed antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Smartphones and Tablets
Dont use wipes, or glass cleaner and alcohol. They can mess up the coating that lets your fingers glide over the screens of those devices, and could make them less responsive. Instead, simply use a microfiber cloth like you use to clean eye glasses moistened with a little water. In a 2013 study in the American Journal of Infection Control, Guerrero’s team found that although this did not fully eliminate bacteria, it sharply reduced it on the screens of tablet computers used in a hospital.
Two More Tips
Keep your phone or tablet in a case that can be cleaned with disinfecting wipes or alcohol.
Even more important, wash your hands frequently to reduce the germ load on your devices and to remove bugs you pick up when touching them. In fact, thats the single most important thing you can do to keep germs off your devices—and to keep from spreading them, Guerrero says. “Prevention of infection is key, he says. "So clean your devices regularly—and wash your hands even more frequently.”
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