Where is the most germs in school

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Most people would think that the restroom is the germiest place at school. Not so. School restrooms are cleaned regularly. The door to the restroom is another story — not all kids wash their hands after going to the bathroom and everyone touches the door. Cafeteria trays and lunch boxes are in constant contact with hands and food, allowing germs and pathogens to breed quickly. On top of that, when researchers from NSF International took samples from two Michigan elementary schools' classroom water fountain spigots, they found that they contained an average of 2.

Make sure to remind your kids not to eat directly off of their cafeteria trays! That's more than 10 times the amount of bacteria on a school toilet seat. Considering students are bound to drop an apple slice or two on their tray, that's a hard pill for any parent to swallow. Given the fact that students tend to share the computers at school, it stands to reason that the average classroom keyboard is a cesspool.

Computer mice aren't much better than computer keyboards when it comes to cleanliness. Of the students and 66 staff members at the school, came down with the illness during the outbreak.

Shua Chai , a CDC epidemiologist, said in a press release. Given what kids do in the bathroom, it makes sense that bathroom counters aren't the cleanest. When the researchers behind the Journal of School Nursing study tested 12 school sink countertops, they determined that there was enough bacteria present to potentially make kids sick.

Those fancy paper towel dispensers that respond to the wave of your hand are hardly a concern when it comes to germs. Paper towel dispensers with manual levers on the other hand? Well, in the Journal of School Nursing study, these were one of the most germ-infested school surfaces. Ironically enough, the faucets that students and educators use every day to stay clean are covered in germs. With food and a variety of kids touching them, they can be hosts to some serious germs.

Rotbart tells kids to use hand sanitizer after they bring their trays to the table. Also dangerous? Sack lunches, which "typically spoil before lunchtime," Rotbart says. Pack food that needs to be refrigerated in an insulated lunch box with frozen blue ice packs, and freeze any juice boxes.

Doing so will lower the chance of food-borne illnesses.