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Special Report: Germs! Bacteria! UGH!!

Not just on your phone!

One hospital reported giving 6 people the week off to get over the flu. All of these people got the virus from the same computer keyboard! Your computer keyboard or phone may be making you sick. Most people never think about the way these bugs get transferred. Usually it's by casual contact with these bugs that move them from place to place.

You know what happens at work.

Someone comes to the office with the sniffles or the flu. Touches the equipment at the front counter, after which at least four other people use that equipment. Then they go back to the phone in the coffee area and so on and so on... and it's not too long and everyone in the office is sick.

How can you stop this? SIMPLE: CleanPC, Inc. 1-800-977-2626

Have people just become accustomed to working on dirty computer equipment?

True or False?

Computer Maintenance contracts insure your equipment is cleaned regularly.
Cleaning computer equipment VOIDS the manufactures warranty.
Janitorial Services clean computer equipment.
Computer Repair Techs and IT Professionals clean the equipment they repair.

Answers at the Bottom

If you think your workspace is dusty, it's not your imagination. Each day, more than 27 tons of dust falls to the earth. That's nearly 10,000 tons every year! Don't let your computer equipment fall prey to damaging dust and debris.

Have a look at your equipment. If YOU can see that it's dirty, don't you think there might be germs and bacteria lurking in between those keys?

The Importance of working on clean equipment CBS Evening News reported May 13, 1997.

What a microbiologist from Cornell University found on equipment throughout the United States Dr. Carl Batt (Microbiologist) found:

Bacillus cereus on telephones.
Staph Aurous on computer keyboards.
E.Coli on ATM machines. This particular bacteria on an ATM machine would represent a public health threat.

Dan Rather CBS News Report On May 12th, 1997.
CBS news reporter, John Roberts, did a report throughout the United States on the presence of germs on all kinds of public surfaces. He reported that, in ALL of the surfaces tested, it was found there was at least one form bacteria and/or virus on each surface, such as E.Coli, Staph, Aurous, Bacillus Ceres and even fecal matter, just to name a few.

What we found on some ATM's was a toxic form of E. Coli bacteria similar to one that caused a deadly outbreak of food poisoning in the Northwest four years ago... and it wasn't just the ATM's that were carrying the disease. Fifty percent (50%) of the surfaces tested had at least one form of toxic bacteria on them.

Spreading Germs and Illness in the Workplace. ABC News January 19, 1998
New York University Microbiologist Dr. Phillip Tierno found on office equipment: Human contamination from the mouth and skin. Surprisingly feces on phones, desktops and on the buttons of office machines.

The Herald dated February, 1996 Architecture Professor Tang Lee with the University of Calgary's faculty of environmental design.

He mentions: "Our fascination with high tech equipment gives germs more opportunity to travel on all those buttons on computer keyboards, fax machines, telephones and printers etc. Common causes of indoor workers taking sick leave are colds, flu, pneumonia, strep throat and sniffed. Most likely source for these germs, the COMPUTER EQUIPMENT."

SOLUTION: CleanPC, Inc. 1-800-977-2626

Answers to True False Questions

False: Maintenance contracts are to insure that the equipment continues to function. NOT that it's clean for you to operate.

False: Manufactures encourage the cleaning and preventive maintenance of their equipment annually, because it is known to reduce equipment failures.

False: Janitorial Services do NOT clean equipment. They are not trained to perform this service.

False:Computer Repair Techs and IT Professionals, just don't have time nor the inclination to clean the outside of your equipment.