The light switch in the lobby was the most polluted place, while interior and exterior door handles were another germ haven, emphasizing the necessity for touchless access control. Oosto, formerly
dr. marc siegel is from our medical a team. is he here to break it all down. hi, doc. hi, how are you? i m doing well. germiest places in the mall to be on the lookout for. first of all is the air. how can i avoid the air when i got to will will mall. you can t avoid it full disclosure i i am not a germ phone. when i start preparing for. this i start thinking about the back tier i can t understand virus. the air this time of year. with winter coming you have low humidity, and the respiratory bugs travel up to 12 feet. i m all for hand sanitizers and washing your hands. for the air i want you to take your flu shot if you haven t had it yet and i want you to know little kids are factories of viruses and they start coughing and you could get hit with a virus 12 feet away. watch out for who is coughing and sneezing at the mall. stay away. alisyn: you say navigate around the coughers. everyone remember to cough into your elbow. the dracula cough.
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reporter: they re objects in the area where you eat, which give the germs a pathway into your body. which do you think has the least germs? i d say the sugar. reporter: yep, sugar had the lowest average count with only 2,300 bacteria. probably fewer bacteria on the sugar, because it might be handled less. reporter: when we asked people to guess which item is the germiest, ketchup got the most votes. but actually, ketchup, mustard and salt fell in the middle at every restaurant we visited. pepper was another story. it has the second-highest average bacteria count with 11,600 organisms. pepper can have a large number of bacteria in general. bacteria do like pepper. reporter: so what tabletop staple was number one for germs in our anecdotal test? i d say the menu. ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! everybody touches it, it s got more hands on it. a lot of people don t touch the other things there. reporter: if you guessed menus you re right.
the area where you eat, which give the germs a pathway into your body. which do you think has the least germs? i d say the sugar. reporter: yep, sugar had the lowest average count with only 2,300 bacteria. probably fewer bacteria on the sugar, because it might be handled less. reporter: when we asked people to guess which item is the germiest, ketchup got the most votes. but actually, ketchup, mustard and salt fell in the middle at every restaurant we visited. pepper was another story. it has the second-highest average bacteria count with 11,600 organisms. pepper can have a large number of bacteria in general. bacteria do like pepper. reporter: so what tabletop staple was number one for germs in our anecdotal test? i d say the menu. ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! everybody touches it, it s got more hands on it. a lot of people don t touch the other things there. reporter: if you guessed menus you re right.