Buttons at elevators were 35 times dirtier than toilet seats in public toilets

American scientists have found that the buttons of elevators is about 35 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat at a public toilet.

Researchers from the University of Arizona conducted a bacteriological analysis of the surface of the buttons in the elevator of the hotel, restaurants, banks, offices and airports. It turned out that one square centimeter of the buttons are on average 313 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria.

At the appropriate area of the average toilet seat can be found in the average eight CFU.

The analysis also revealed that among the microbes on the elevator button often contains bacteria, mainly Escherichia group.

According to researcher Nicholas Moon (Nicholas Moon), in buildings with large numbers of visitors buttons hourly touch dozens of people, due to which there is constant exchange of a variety of microorganisms. Even with regular cleaning buttons potential microbial growth on them is extremely high.

Previous studies on similar subjects have shown that the computer keyboard four times dirtier than toilet seats, and mobile phones are 18 times dirtier than the cistern handles in public toilets.