Do you use the hand sanitizers when you use a store buggy?

[davester]

mrlynn wrote:
I read somewhere that the greatest concentration of bacteria in public places was on escalator railings.

/Mr Lynn

Let me guess...wattsupwiththat?

Actual science:

Researchgate wrote:
amples from the handrails of the escalators in 12 Metro stations in the underground train in Washington, D.C. were studied on two weekdays for the presence of aerobic bacteria. Bacteria were isolated in 12 of the 24 cultures. The number of colonies per site varied between 1 to 16. All of the organisms isolated were Gram-positive cocci: 5 alpha hemolytic streptococci, 5 coagulase negative staphylococci, and 2 Staphylococcus aureus. These results indicate that although some of the handrails in the Metro escalators contain bacteria, their number is small and their types do not present a high health risk to the passengers.

Recovery of organisms from the handrails of escalators in the public Metro rail system in Washington, D.C.. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication...hington_DC [accessed Aug 25, 2017].