Comments on: Your keyboard is dirtier than a toilet seat – here’s how you clean it!

By: Clayton

Clayton — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:05:02 +0000

I was talking to an expert at the Mac store, and he expressed concern about using alcohol-based products on a Mac laptop. It’s for this reason that manufacturers will most likely not come up with antibacterial solutions for computer keyboards.

Washing hands before/after keyboard use is probably the best solution.

By: Raphael Fernandez

Raphael Fernandez — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:04:18 +0000

Hi, Fr. R,
I remember reading a similar article one to two years ago regarding this, and it kind of makes sense. However, what kind of makes me not worry about this is that we all are surrounded by germs: the air we breathe, the ground we walk/run on, the things we hold, grasp, use to work with, you name it, there are many germs everywhere. Remember we also have those good bacteria on our skin and inside our intestines, and they are important to our resistance against those pathogenic ones. Without them, disease-causing fungi and bacteria will be all over in our body. Don’t forget to wash your hands and do not touch your face, mouth, and eyes if you think you have dirty hands, are good recommendations to practice daily.

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:30:46 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I immediately cleaned my keyboard, mouse and phone on my desk at work. I work at a hospital and forwarded the information to our infection control nurse which she appreciated. She emailed back to tell me to also clean my cellphone and to all the ladies out there in cyberspace, clean your purse! Imagine all the places you set your purse during the day and then place it on the counter or table when you get home. I keep the Clorox wipes handy to swipe all these things.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:23:47 +0000

Pretty scary. Thanks!

By: Annemarie

Annemarie — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:42:46 +0000

hey Father,
I wanna thank you so much for explaining about subscribing and about Flock in your podcast today. I use Flock for one day now and it’s so cool..

Your podcasts are amazing but however …

My keyboard… I just cleaned between the keys and I found sooo many hairs from myself.. The only problem is I can’t clean it like you because I have a laptop and it will not work that way.. sometimes with other keyboards you can get the keys from the board but then my laptop is broken so no good idea for me..

anyway

thank you!
and keep up the work you do!

By: Taquoriaan

Taquoriaan — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:09:55 +0000

I just cleaned my Logitech wireless desktop. I do that on a regular basis. This is how I do it.

I turn it upside down and loosen all screws.
Then I remove the top from the bottom (containing the print board).
The dirty top part is being washed in the dishwasher or by hand
I thorougly dry it and if I am convinced it’s totally dry, I reassemble my keyboard again. It types like a new one now without any junk stuck between my keys.

I have to write a blog post about this.

By: Terry H Jones

Terry H Jones — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:29:50 +0000

Remind me sometime to tell ya’ll sometime about things I’ve found at desks when doing computer forensics. Monstrously ICK!

By: Lantrix

Lantrix — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:10 +0000

That's funny.. I just wrote about the same thing based upon your earlier twitter. The extra bit I added is the "Why don't we do it on our sleeves" video. How many people sneeze on their hands then keep right on typing!