Microbes in the hotel

You want to avoid the microbes during your stay at the hotel? In the advice of scientists, to be able to do that, it is best not to turn on the television or turn on the light, because the TV remote control and light switches are one of the dirtiest things. in the hotel room.

According to Live Science, researchers from the University of Houston conducted research on the level of bacteria in hotels. They conducted sampling of bacteria from a number of hotel objects in three US states. It was originally planned that toilets and wash basins would be microbes, but the results showed that many of the old objects that were not on the list of the dirtiest things in the hotel suddenly appeared: remote control distant TV and electric light switches.

Control the television and the electric switch is the place where the most bacteria in the hotel

Jay Neal, a microbiologist at the University of Houston, said: 'Of course, the hotel rooms are not operating rooms, but certainly need to be improved in terms of hygiene'.

Room cleaning staff takes about 30 minutes to clean each room. If researchers can determine which of the rooms are the dirtiest, the cleaning process can be done more efficiently.

The lowest concentration of bacteria is found in the headboard, curtain rod and bathroom door handles. Meanwhile, the dirtiest object in the room is found in the housekeeping cart, specifically, the mop and sponge.

This is also a problem, because that means that the bacteria are "manipulated" from room to room. Scientists recommend that cleaning agents should be replaced during each room cleaning to reduce the rate of bacteria dispersal.

Tests show that the level of bacteria in the hotel room is 2 to 10 times higher than the allowable level in hospitals. High levels of bacteria do not mean that people will be infected, but it increases this ability many times.

However, research is limited by the narrow range - it is only conducted in 9 hotel rooms in three states: Texas, Indiana and North Carolina.

The study was presented at a conference of microbiological researchers in San Francisco.