Risk Reducing Tip:
- Most stores offer disinfectant wipes near the carts, UTILIZE them! If you don’t see them, or they aren’t offered start carrying your own.
2. ATM Buttons
Cash is not the only thing you get when you go to the ATM. These machines and their buttons often have more germs and dirt than the public bathrooms! I mean, how often do you see anyone cleaning the ATM machine (yikes!)?
Risk Reducing Tips:
- Carry your own small container of Lysol and do a quick spray before ATM usage.
- Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer after each visit, as well as after handling paper money (this is quite dirty as well).
READ: How To Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer
1. A Woman’s Purse
Recent studies have shown that a woman’s purse can carry millions of bacterial spores inside. There were even oftentimes bugs like pseudomonas, salmonella and E. coli.
READ: Do You Know Where That Lipstick Has Been
Risk Reducing Tips:
- Ladies, ever heard of the old wives tale about never putting your purse on the floor? Maybe you should consider this. Find hooks to hang your purse on, or simply put in your lap!
- Be mindful of where you place your purse in the bathroom as well as the kitchen, keep it off the countertops!
- Leather and vinyl purses, are the best to carry, they typically stay cleaner because they are made of cleanable materials.
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