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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2006
Davis joins
Clean Control
Special to the Journal
Warner Robins - Stephanie
Davis has joined Clean
Control Corporation as a
graphic artist.
A Savannah native, Davis
holds a bachelor of sci
ence degree in Technical
Communication from Mercer
University.
Her technical graphics
expertise will be used to
develop labels and product
packaging.
Before joining Clean
Control Corporation, she
was a technical writer at
Ball Systems Engineering
Solutions in Warner Robins.
Clean Control Corporation,
Is your job
the dirtiest?
By SPM WIRE
Teachers, bankers and
accountants might want to
rethink their career choices
now that new research indi
cates their jobs are “germi
er” than others.
Researchers, led by the
University of Arizona’s Dr.
Charles Gerba, recently set
out to compare whether
some professions are truly
“germier” than others.
In the number one spot
were teachers, a finding
that didn’t surprise Gerba’s
researchers.
“This is clearly one test
on which teachers would not
like to receive such ‘high
marks’,” joked Gerba. “But
then again, when your
officemates are children, it
is no surprise that classroom
surfaces are off the germ
charts.”
The study, which was fund
ed by The Clorox Company,
found that the phones, desks
and keyboards regularly
used by teachers, accoun
tants and bankers harbor
two to twenty times more
bacteria per square inch
than other professions.
Phones ranked as the lead
ing home for office germs,
followed by desks, keyboards
and computer mice.
The Germiest Jobs, ranked
from most germy to least
germy, are:
1. Teacher
2. Accountant
3. Banker
4. Radio DJ
5. Doctor
6. Television Producer
7. Consultant
8. Publicist
9. Lawyer
Interestingly, accoun
tants had the dirtiest desks
and pens, something you
may want to think about
next time you prepare your
taxes.
In a change since the
researchers first began
tracking “Germs in the
Workplace” in 2002, bacte
ria presence on office sur
faces overall appears to have
decreased, in some cases by
nearly five times the initial
count, Gerba said.
“We were pleased to find
a decrease in bacteria levels.
Perhaps people are becoming
more aware of germs in their
office and doing something
about it,” said Gerba.
As people spend more time
at their desks, germs find
plenty to snack on. According
to a recent American
Dietician Association survey,
57 percent of workers snack
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a central Georgia-based
manufacturer of household,
commercial and industrial
cleaning products, recently
received recognition for its
voluntary partnership with
the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency in the
reformulation of many of its
cleaning products to make
them more biodegradable
and less toxic. The result
is Clean Control’s “Earth
Choice” product line. The
company’s Odoßan odor
eliminator and its Stain
Control product have recent
ly entered the Puerto Rican
Wal-Mart and SAM’s Club
market.
The study, which
was funded by The
Clorox Company,
found that the
phones, desks
and keyboards
regularly used
by teachers,
accountants and
bankers harbor
two to twenty
times more
bacteria per
square inch than
other professions.
Phones ranked as
the leading home
for office germs,
followed by desks,
keyboards and
computer mice.
at their desks at least once
a day.
More than 75 percent of
workers “only occasionally”
clean their desks before eat
ing; 20 percent never do, the
survey found.
“Desks are really bacte
ria cafeterias,” said Gerba.
“They’re breakfast buffets,
lunch tables and snack bars,
as we spend more and more
hours at the office.”
Although Gerba’s new
research measures bacte
ria level differences among
professions, his previous
“Germs in the Workplace”
studies have looked at the
presence of viruses within
the workplace.
In one study, Gerba and his
researchers found that an
infected person can leave a
trail of viruses on eveiy sur
face they touch - and viruses
can survive on surfaces for
up to three days.
Gerba recommends fre
quent hand-washing and
using disinfecting wipes
daily on surfaces in your
cubicle or office to kill ill
ness-causing germs.
For more information
on colds and viruses and
on keeping your home and
personal space clean, visit
http ://clorox. com/health .php
on the Internet.
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77»e Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a ribbon cutting-ceremony for Arbonne, a home
based health and wellness company. During that time, Consultant Julie Becker was joined by family, friends and
chamber representatives in celebrating her membership with the chamber and increasing business growth. For
more information call 478-945-3926.
Coldwell sales associates
qualify for President’s Circle
Special to the Journal
Phyllis Barker of the
Warner Robins office and
two other sales associates
with Coldwell Banker SSK,
Realtors recently qualified
to join the Coldwell Banker
International President’s
Circle.
This membership is lim
ited to only the top seven
percent of the more than
126,000 sales associates
worldwide in the Coldwell
Banker System.
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Perry native Elizabeth
Ann Tabor was recent
ly awarded the state
wide Georgia Society
of Certified Public
Accountants 2006 Public
Service Award. Tabor’s
current position is as
partner and leader of the
Not-for-Profit Practice
Group at Cherry,
Bekaert & Holland,
Atlanta’s 19th largest
audit and accounting
firm. She is the daugh
ter of Elizabeth P. Tabor
and the late Ralph Tabor
and currently lives in the
Buckhead neighborhood
in Atlanta.
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Andrew Herren and
Jeffrey Harringon of the
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the Coldwell Banker
International President’s
Circle, these three agents
will be invited to attend
the “Elite Retreat”, a three
day conference exclusively
for the top Coldwell Banker
sales associates.
The recognition for
Herren, Harringon and
Barker was announced at
the annual Coldwell Banker
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Conference, held February
16 - 19 at the Moscone
Center in San Francisco,
Calif., birthplace of the
Coldwell Banker brand.
The annual event brought
more than 10,000 Coldwell
Banker sales associates, bro
kers, managers and employ
ees together for an intensive
professional development
program and awards cer
emony. Gen. Colin Powell,
former secretary of state
under President George W.
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of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
under President George
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ference’s keynote speaker.
Cyndi Lauper, known for
such hits as “Girls Just
Want to Have Fun” and
“Time After Time” was the
featured entertainer.
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