WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER: The Germiest Surfaces at the Grocery Store? THESE.

What’s the highest-risk thing we touch in grocery stores when it comes to the virus and other germs?  Researchers swabbed various surfaces at 24 stores, and found it’s credit card pin pads.  Freezer door handles are icky, too.  But the handles on shopping carts weren’t actually that bad.

 

What do you think is the highest-risk thing you touch at the grocery store when it comes to the virus and other germs?

Researchers went to 24 different stores and swabbed stuff to see how dirty everything was.  And the big surprise was that shopping cart handles AREN’T that bad.  But this other spot was pretty filthy . . .

1.  Credit card pin pads.  They’re the germiest surface, because everyone uses them and they’re not wiped down enough.  So have your hand sanitizer ready when you pay.

2.  Handles on shopping baskets.  Probably because they’re not being wiped down as much as the handles on carts.

3.  The front & edges of your shopping cart.  People touch the front edge to pull or push their cart.  And it’s not wiped down as much as the handle is.

4.  Freezer door handles.  Again, lots of people grab them, and they’re not usually wiped down.

5.  The baby seat in shopping carts.  That plastic flap part didn’t have very many germs.  Probably because it’s wiped down fairly often.  And not that many people touch it.

6.  The handle of your shopping cart.  Again, not as bad because it’s one of the spots employees wipe down the most.  And customers sometimes do it too.

There’s more, here:  (CBC)