Filthy Keyboards

Here's a yuckiest piece of finding posted on BBC's website on May 1st, 2008. The information is so relevant to us, computer users that I thought of posting it on my blog.

Some computer keyboards harbour more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, research has suggested. Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four were regarded as a potential health hazard and one harboured five times more germs than one of the
office's toilet seats. Microbiologist Dr Peter Wilson said a keyboard was often "a reflection of what is in your nose and in your gut".
During the tests in January this year, a microbiologist deemed one of the office's
keyboards to be so dirty he ordered it to be removed, quarantined and cleaned.
It had 150 times the recommended limit for bacteria - five times as filthy as a
lavatory seat tested at the same time, the research found.

This news wants to make you touch your keyboard with a pair of tongs. But would all this be necessary if we clean our keyboards at our workplace and home periodically?