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Germ Alert!

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Keep your bag off the floor!  A surprising offender when it comes to germs is your handbag.  Gerba found that the bottom of a women's handbag contained up to 10,000 bacteria per square inch--and more than a third tested positive for fecal bacteria.  Ewww!  Much of it comes from bathroom floors, but parking your bag in other nasty spots , like the floor of a bus or beneath a restaurant table, is also to blame. 

The bacteria themselves aren't a problem; it's what you do after you put your bag down that matters.  You can end up touching the bottom of your purse with your hands, then touching your face, or, worse yet, placing it on the kitchen counter or the dining room table, so that the bacteria could end up in your food! 





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Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
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Thanks Chuck!  I just washed mine yesterday !

Aug 24, 2010 04:39 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Does that mean I should keep my kid off the floor too?  HAHA!  Wow, who whoulda thought!  :)

Aug 24, 2010 06:11 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Chris, you are asking the wrong person, I only have fur babies :-)

Aug 24, 2010 06:13 AM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

E-w-w-w-w. Thankfully, we do have that silly thing called an auto-immune system that keeps germs at bay... 

Aug 24, 2010 08:52 AM
Nancy Keith
Keller Williams Realty - Knoxville, TN

Thanks for the informative content !

Aug 24, 2010 08:58 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Mike, lucky you :-)  LOL

Nancy, you betcha!

Aug 24, 2010 09:01 AM
Christine O'Shea
Christine E O'Shea Broker - Naples, FL

Hi Kristin, I have heard that before and am especially careful where I place my bag, never on the floor or table.

Aug 24, 2010 09:23 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

That's it! I'm staying in my hermetically sealed home from now on. It's dangerous out there!

Aug 24, 2010 09:43 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Christine, I actually have one of those purse holder/clamps they sell now :-)

Craig, I just stay in my bubble.....LOL!

Aug 24, 2010 10:19 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Buddy

Well said; I am a germ a phobic and I always am looking for new germ sources

Aug 24, 2010 01:15 PM
Valerie Osterhoudt
Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT
ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Kristin.. This is one bit of information I was already aware of.  Can you believe it.  Not only that I knew this, but the amount of germs in a square inch.  UGH!!

Aug 24, 2010 01:45 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Hi Tom, I hear ya!

 

Val, Wow you are a know it all, huh Val?  ;-)  Good for you !

Aug 24, 2010 03:02 PM
Brigita McKelvie, Associate Broker
Cindy Stys Equestrian and Country Properties, Ltd. - Lehigh Valley, PA
The Broker with horse sense and no horsing around

Ewwwwww!  Yuck!  I never thought of that, Kristin!  I'll have to be careful with my briefcase, also.

Thanks for the info.

Brigita

Aug 26, 2010 12:54 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Brigita, I stopped carrying a briefcase and just bring a portfolio now :-)  I know it is gross though, right?

Aug 26, 2010 02:55 AM
Renée Donohue~Home Photography
Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI
Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

YUCK!  I started carrying around a bag I made for myself that fits my iphone perfectly along with chapstick and my card holder (which holds my drivers license and a credit card.  The thing is tiny and I love it and it stays in my lap or on the table.  I hate the mom purse but I still have one of those.  It usually ends up on the floor :-/

Aug 28, 2010 11:29 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Renee, that sounds so crafty of you!  GOod for you!  My mother in law bought me one of those purse clips to put on a table so that your bag is secure and away from germs!  I need to remember to use it!

Aug 29, 2010 03:28 AM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Hello Kristin and I am sorry I missed this post and that's one of the reasons I leave my shoes in the garage and don't bring them in the house, your post has been feature at ...

RAINY DAY at Activerain

VB ;)

Sep 12, 2010 03:23 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

VB, thanks!  Better late than never, he he hee...I only am lucky enough to get featured in your group, so thanks a million!  :-)

Sep 12, 2010 03:30 AM
Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

There are places where I visit that I make certain I don't where my shoes into my house for these reasons presented !!!

Sep 12, 2010 10:18 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Michael, good for you!  Smart!  :-)

Sep 13, 2010 02:22 AM