Disgusting Find on McDonald's Touch Screens

A study of McDonald’s touchscreens in the UK has revealed very “surprising” results.

The study undertaken by The Metro newspaper of every McDonald’s touchscreen in the UK found bacteria including faecal germs covering the screens used to order food, shares Yahoo.

Diners uses the touchscreens to choose their food then head to the counter to collect their meals.

London Metropolitan University Dr Paul Matawele said he was “surprised” by the results and added the faecal and gut bacteria cause “the kind of infections that people pick up in hospitals”.

Dr Matawele said seeing Staphylococcus on the screens was “worrying” due to how contagious it is.

The bacteria causes staph infections.

Listeria was found on screens in two separate restaurants while 75 per cent of the screens swabbed had proteus bacteria on them – a bacteria found in human and animal faeces.

McDonald’s cleans its screens but Dr Matawele is concerned the disinfectant might not be strong enough.

In a statement to The Metro, a McDonald’s spokesman said the screens are cleaned “frequently” and facilities are provided for customers to wash their hands.

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21 Comments

- - becstalou said
  - 01 Dec 2018
    11:41 am
Anything that is touched by a lot of people is go to be disgusting.

- - Amanda Holland said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    10:02 pm
That’s disgusting, thankfully I don’t use them

- - ashna9 said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    7:08 pm
This actually doesn’t surprise me!

- - mom74005 said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    5:51 pm
This is not surprising with all the people that use them

- - rachel1970 said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    5:05 pm
Oh my gosh, I feel totally sick now. How revolting.

- - mom7108 said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    9:22 am
Oh lovely – because I wasn’t OCD enough. I knew the door handles at work were grotty – can’t imagine what is on them!

- - Ellen said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    7:55 am
Yuk, but not strange
- cherz replied
  
  30 Nov 2018 , 8:57 am
  Yep no surprise here as well ….traffic light buttons that you press for walk are also grotty.
- - cherz said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    10:22 pm
Not at all surprised …same goes for screens and lift down trays on planes.

- - mom70876 said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    9:37 pm
This is so gross, but not unexpected. Same goes for their straws too.

- - mish06 said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    8:53 pm
We never buy McDonalds, so I didn’t even know they had touch screens. The findings are not surprising.

- - mom93821 said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    7:39 pm
Never used the screens but not surprised.

- - BellaB said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    5:44 pm
You get results like this with anything that s touched by multiple people.

- - natct said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    5:30 pm
I don’t see the surprise. We all know the more people that touch something the more horrible it is but we just don’t want to know. We need germs to make us resistant but sooner or later we get sick from something.

- - mom90758 said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    2:34 pm
I’ve never used those touchscreens. Now there is no risk!
- mom93821 replied
  
  30 Nov 2018 , 4:51 am
  We always go for customer service over self service. Self service takes away jobs. So we have no risk of touching or getting any germs or nasties from these screens.
- - mom112217 said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    1:43 pm
I have used those screens but not anything,thanks!

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    1:24 pm
These findings are no big surprise to me. It’s a well known fact public items that are touched a lot by people’s hands are positively disgusting

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    1:04 pm
Iam a bit of OCD so never touch them or use them to order

- - mom334920 said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    12:15 pm
remind me not to touch those screens ever again…

- - MrsA said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    12:07 pm
That is disgusting. Can’t be too shocked by this though, people are gross. I’m glad I don’t eat McDonalds.