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Health & Fitness

Sterilization Facts

Interesting facts about sterilization

 

  • Right-handed people tend to wash their left hand more thoroughly than their right hand, and visa versa.
  • People have between 2 and 10 million bacteria between their fingertips and elbow.
  • Damp hands spread 1,000 times more germs than dry hands.
  • Germs can live on hands for up to three hours.
  • Millions of germs hide under watches and bracelets, and there could be as many germs under your ring as there are people in Europe.

 

Source: Maine Medical Center

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