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Medical Video: How Much Bacteria Is On Your Phone | LAB EXPERIMENT REVEALED | How To Disinfect Phone | 2018
Already know, right, that the habit of carrying cellphones to the bathroom when urinating or defecating risks the spread of diseases, such as flu and diarrhea?
Reporting from The Huffington Post, a cellphone can contain up to 33,200 CFU (colony-forming units) bacteria. In comparison, bathroom door handles generally only have 4 CFU.
Not only that, a number of researchers have found that there is more bacteria attached to your cellphone than the toilet seat. In some laboratory tests, cellphones generally have 10 times the number of microorganisms that cause abdominal pain and vomiting rather than public toilets.
Even so, the number of germs in cellphones is not the main problem. The source of the disease is the transfer of bacteria, either from one object to your cellphone (and vice versa) or borrowing and borrowing a cellphone. Without sharing, each mobile phone carries only one set of germs, and is less likely to transmit the disease to the cellphone owner. However, cellphones will be the main medium for germs and bacteria to change hands and mutate with other types of bacteria when borrowing mobile phones occur, or putting your cellphone in dirty places prone to germs and bacteria, for example in bathrooms.
In addition, the risk of contracting a disease caused by a bacterial cellphone will also increase when you keep holding on to your favorite gandget, and spend some of your activity with your cellphone near your face and mouth, calling, for example. Doctoral students at Stanford University, quoted from How Stuff Works, warned that microbes on cellphone screens - including E. coli bacteria, Staph, and seasonal flu - have a great chance of getting into your body through your eyes, nose and ears.
How to clean a mobile that is safe
Many people are hesitant to clean their cellphones because they are afraid to damage the engine and the operating system inside. But, there are many easy and safe ways to clean your cellphone to be free of germs.
What you need:
- Clean cloth without fiber, such as a cloth wipe - do not use a tissue, because fiber tissue will scratch the screen of your cellphone
- cotton bud
- Clean water ready to drink - tap water contains bacteria and chemical residues, besides that tap water will leave a layer (film) on the surface of your mobile screen
- Alcohol - to clean the keys and hard plastic, for example the body behind the cellphone
- New screen protector (if your previous cellphone uses a screen protector)
What you have to do:
- Turn off your mobile and remove all supporting accessories, such as additional casings.
- Remove the screen protector that attaches to your screen. However, be careful when doing this. If your cellphone's screen has a crack, lifting the screen protector layer will trigger cracks to spread. If the phone screen is cracked, you should not tamper with your screen protector
- Start cleaning the keyboard and buttons on your cellphone (if any) by using a cotton bud that has been moistened with alcohol first. Do not rub too hard and avoid remaining alcohol in between cellphones.
- Then, clean your cellphone's plastic body with alcohol. Remember, do not rub too hard to prevent the paint from being eroded. The mobile battery surface is safe to clean with alcohol.
- If you have an iron feature on your cellphone, clean it with a cotton swab dipped in clean water.
- When the outside of the cellphone is clean, use a clean and dry cotton swab to wipe the inside of your cellphone battery. If the stool is stubborn, use a little water to help lift it. Dry the area as soon as you clean it.
- To clean the back camera and flash, use a cotton swab dipped in clean water and rub it in a circular motion. Once the lens is dry, immediately dry it with the other side of your cotton bud so the water does not dry out and imprint on the lens.
- Lightly dampen the eyeglass, but not until it drips. Rub the lap along the screen with one-way movement from top to bottom. This movement will prevent germs from spreading to the other side of your cellphone. Don't rub it in a circular motion because it will scratch your cellphone's screen.
- Clean the cellphone carefully, especially if your cellphone's screen is cracked. Rubbing too hard will make the crack worse. In addition, it is better to use a dry cloth when wiping your mobile screen to avoid water particles entering the cellphone through the cracks.
- If you remove your cellphone's screen protector, reinstall the new one according to the usage instructions printed on the product label.
- Give your cellphone a few minutes to dry completely, then turn it on again.
- To clean the plastic casing accessories, wipe the casing surface with alcohol which is dissolved in water (60:40) and cotton bud. Dry the case before replacing it.
To limit the spread of disease from cellphones, try not to borrow each other's cellphones, or occasionally rub your mobile body with antibacterial wet wipes. The chemicals in the cleaning solution and other household disinfectants are too hard to use to clean the cellphone, and can actually make your cell phone damaged.
Make sure you don't clean your favorite cellphone with window cleaners, aerosol sprays, solvents, ammonia, bleach or abrasive products. This type of cleaner will stain your cellphone and erode the protective layer.
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