Pat St. Claire tells us how work break rooms are filled with germs – but that taking precautions may help keep you safe.
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Think twice before reaching for the office break room door – three in four are tainted with bacteria, finds a new study that examined 5,000 swabs from offices. “The break room is really the center of germ transfer in the office,” found researcher Charles Gerba.
Office break rooms are crawling with bacteria. CNN’s Alina Cho has the dirty details.
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