Never Use Your Phone in the Toilet for These 3 Reasons

Taking your phone into the bathroom may seem harmless, especially when you want to check social media or reply to messages. However, spending time on your phone in the toilet can create some hygiene and health concerns.

Here are three reasons why you may want to leave your phone outside.

Mobile phones are frequently touched and can carry microorganisms from different surfaces. Cleveland Clinic notes that phones can harbour bacteria and recommends cleaning them regularly.

Using your phone while using the toilet can increase the chances of transferring microorganisms between your hands, the phone and other surfaces.

2. You Can Transfer Germs to Your Face and Food

After using the toilet, your hands can become contaminated. If you handle your phone before washing your hands and later touch your mouth, nose, eyes or food, you may transfer germs.

The CDC recommends washing your hands with soap and water after using the restroom and before eating or touching your face.

3. It May Make You Spend Too Long on the Toilet

Taking your phone into the bathroom can make it easy to become distracted and sit on the toilet much longer than necessary.

Rather than turning the toilet into a place for scrolling, consider using it only for its intended purpose and returning to your phone afterward.

Using a phone in the toilet does not automatically mean that you will become sick. However, phones are frequently touched objects that can collect microorganisms, while bathrooms are areas where good hygiene is particularly important.

The simplest habit is to leave your phone outside, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water after using the toilet, and clean your phone regularly.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/sanitize-your-mobile-phone-with-these-helpful-tips⁠

https://www.cdc.gov/clean-hands/media/pdfs/cdc-handhygiene-brochure-508.pdf⁠

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