More people die in North America each year from hospital-acquired infections than from automobile accidents and homicides combined.
Shopping carts can harbor a strain of E. Coli that causes a deadly disease that attacks the kidneys, heart and brain.
Aircraft and airports are the transmission channels of choice for many germs.
Eating contaminated food can permanently damage your health, or even cost you your life.
Soiled cat litter can spread toxoplasmosis, a disease that causes severe birth defects.
The coffee maker at work can spread germs that cause flu, diarrhea and serious liver disease.