So, washing your hands after doing this is practically pointless, since as soon as you touch your phone – which we know it’ll be soon, the bacteria will get back on your hands.
So, what is the right thing to do?
The director of Biomedical Science Degree Programmes, DMS at Queen Mary University of London, Dr. Ron Cutler, gives a simple yet important advice. He says if you like to prevent transfer of fecal contamination and viruses, you better not take your phone into the toilet.
According to him, the contamination level depends a lot on the location of the toilet. If it’s in a small office, there shouldn’t be any serious problem, but if it’s in cruise ship or hospital where viruses may be circulating, the risk is drastically higher.
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