Some people feel so panicky of the germs lurking in public bathrooms that they much cover the entire booth in paper before they go . Others try holding it to avoid germ - infest public potty . Good news germaphobes!A new studyfinds that public lav contain no more germs than our own lav .
To empathize the bathroom environment , researchers examined the microbial makeup of the floor , toilet seat , and goop dispenser at four different restrooms — two female and two male person — at San Diego State University . First , the hardy researcher clean the bathrooms ; then they take samples from the various surfaces , first hourly and then day by day for eight workweek . They break down the various germs found in each area . Unsurprisingly , they find that fecal bacteria flooded the can first .
" When you flush the pot it goes airborne and spreads these viruses throughout the toilet , " Michael Schmidt , professor and vice chair of the department of microbiology and immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina , toldHealthDay . ( Watching thisvideois not for the syncope of heart . )
The cool , dry , O - plenteous public bathroom turns out to be terrible at nurture bacterial ontogeny , and fecal bacteria quickly croak , accounting only for 15 pct of the germs in a public toilet . However , bacteria that thrive on skin tend to weather uncongenial surround better and these make up the majority of bacteria discovered in the WC .
" You ’re constantly turning over this skin that ’s literally covered in bug , " Schmidt explained .
cutis bacterium along with outside bacteria made up the legal age , 68 percentage , of the enamored microbes . The investigator most commonly foundStaphylococcus , a genus of Hans C. J. Gram - positivistic bacteria that reside on skin and mucous membrane . MostStaphylococcusremains harmless , though Methicillin - resistantStaphylococcus aureus , MRSA , can have tight transmission and resists antibiotic discussion . The researchers also noticed a few viruses , such as human papillomavirus and herpes virus , but overall there were more bacterium than viruses in the loo .
But there ’s more good news . Five hours after cleaning , the bacterium population make itself and it outride relatively stable , even after many , many uses .
But that still does n’t imply it ’s cool to skitter agood hand washing :
So go in the lead , seat down on that public toilette fundament . Justskip the handwriting dryer .
