Which germs live on our mobile phone?

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Which germs live on our mobile phone?

 

 

How to clean it?
Many of the objects that surround us are sources of invisible danger. What she is - she spoke to Sputnik Radio Vyacheslav Ilin, a professor at the Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow, writes BGNES.

Tens of thousands of people already die of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the world. And by 2050, super-bacteria will kill up to 10 million people a year, scientists predict. But there is still a chance to deal with the situation.

The objects and things that surround us can carry dangerous infections. "Champions" in this regard are handrails and handles in public transport, computer keyboards used by more people, non-metal door handles, plastic basket handles in stores and smartphones, said Ilin.

According to him, the fault is the biofilm that forms on non-metallic surfaces. "Traditional ways of transmitting bacteria into everyday life are non-metallic surfaces on which the biofilm stays more viable than on metallic formations. All that is not made of metal is covered almost continuously by microorganisms. As part of the biofilm, microorganisms survive for long. Without disinfectant treatment, such surfaces are a reliable way of transmitting dangerous infections. Traditionally, they must be treated with disinfectants every two weeks, as is done in space stations, "said the scientist.

According to him, biofilm is most quickly formed on the screens of mobile phones. It contains a huge number of microorganisms, including opportunistic bacteria that can be transmitted from person to person.

"There are many biocidal products to kill bacteria - for example, hydrogen peroxide 3-6%. For humans, chlorhexidine is also one. There are reliable ammonium compounds, they affect both germs and fungi if the active substance in the antibacterial wipes is benzalkonium chloride. "It has a good effect on a wide range of microorganisms and fungi. Alcohol itself is also a reliable tool, a good biocidal product, but it quickly disappears, "Vyacheslav Ilin explained.