Healthy Home Offices
Keep it dusted! That's the prime rule for the spaces you spend a lot of your day in.
Take a look at your keyboard and monitors and other, perhaps tucked away, electronics too.
Those things attract dust like magnets.
If you are allergic, keep them, dusted.
Do be careful of what you use on LCD monitors.
Spraying glass cleaner on them won't do them any good, and besides, you can be allergic to that as well.
If you need to dust or clean wood surfaces, test your wood cleaner first to see if it makes you sneeze.
if you have to work it's no good trying to type and sneeze at the same time.
If you have a lot of knick-knacks in your office, dust those as well.
Plain warm water (damp only) in a cloth is good for those, as well as any flat screens you have, or TV sets.
Your office chair is also important for good posture, and make sure that your computer height and keyboard are comfortable to use.
If you practice "hunt and peck" keyboarding then there's not much risk of your wrists getting tired because you are all over the place.
If you are a touch keyboardist them using one of those gel arm/wrist rests works great.
Your office chair is a critical factor in a healthy home office.
If you find that leather or vinyl gets hot, then using a fabric chair works out, but only if you can keep it clean.
Eating a lot of food or drinking coffee etc.
can cause bacteria to grow both on your chair and in your keyboard and even phone.
Blowing out your keyboard with a can of compressed air works great.
Hold it upside down over the wastebasket and watch so you don't drop it in.
This air is not that lubricant, it's just air so is safe for your keyboard.
Wipe your mouse and phone off as often as you can, with something that will clean, but not make you sneeze.
An unscented product is best.
Some people wash their keyboards in the dishwasher but that seems a bit extreme and I'm sure things could get stuck or may just not work anywhere.
A good airing out a and wiping down of the keys may help to eliminate bacteria.
On the whole, in your home office, dust, wipe and "use no perfume".
That should keep you a lot healthier, and the bottom line is -- it won't hurt.
Take a look at your keyboard and monitors and other, perhaps tucked away, electronics too.
Those things attract dust like magnets.
If you are allergic, keep them, dusted.
Do be careful of what you use on LCD monitors.
Spraying glass cleaner on them won't do them any good, and besides, you can be allergic to that as well.
If you need to dust or clean wood surfaces, test your wood cleaner first to see if it makes you sneeze.
if you have to work it's no good trying to type and sneeze at the same time.
If you have a lot of knick-knacks in your office, dust those as well.
Plain warm water (damp only) in a cloth is good for those, as well as any flat screens you have, or TV sets.
Your office chair is also important for good posture, and make sure that your computer height and keyboard are comfortable to use.
If you practice "hunt and peck" keyboarding then there's not much risk of your wrists getting tired because you are all over the place.
If you are a touch keyboardist them using one of those gel arm/wrist rests works great.
Your office chair is a critical factor in a healthy home office.
If you find that leather or vinyl gets hot, then using a fabric chair works out, but only if you can keep it clean.
Eating a lot of food or drinking coffee etc.
can cause bacteria to grow both on your chair and in your keyboard and even phone.
Blowing out your keyboard with a can of compressed air works great.
Hold it upside down over the wastebasket and watch so you don't drop it in.
This air is not that lubricant, it's just air so is safe for your keyboard.
Wipe your mouse and phone off as often as you can, with something that will clean, but not make you sneeze.
An unscented product is best.
Some people wash their keyboards in the dishwasher but that seems a bit extreme and I'm sure things could get stuck or may just not work anywhere.
A good airing out a and wiping down of the keys may help to eliminate bacteria.
On the whole, in your home office, dust, wipe and "use no perfume".
That should keep you a lot healthier, and the bottom line is -- it won't hurt.
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