• Question: If you touch somewhere how many germs could there in our hand?

    Asked by you cant see me to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 17 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Theresia Mina

      Theresia Mina answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      Erm, our hands already have germs, albeit the non-harmful. I don’t know the answer, that really depends on what type of surface you touch.

    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      I am not sure unless you are touching something like soil or faeces if you would increase the amount of germs on your hand. It is possible by touching things you may collect potential pathogens on your hands, where the normal bacteria on your skin are not normally harmful

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      That really is a hard one to put a number on. We are surrounded by germs but clearly there are some that make us more unwell than others. So if you are touching places that likely have bad bacteria then that’s typically when you would use an anti-bacterial hand wash…

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