As you hit the road, get in touch with those unsuspected surfaces that are breeding grounds for disease-causing germs.  Whether germs are viral, bacterial, or fungal, some can remain active in most surfaces for several days.  No matter whether the surface is wood, plastic, stainless steel, or even the paper in a magazine germs breed there says the medical doctor.

Furthermore, when you touch that surface, it's transmitted to your hands.  Then if you touch your eyes or rub your lips or nose, when you eat- you have infected yourself.  The best way to prevent problem is to never touch that surfaces but that's not so easy.

According to a famous microbiologist most people consider public toilets to be the worst places in terms of surface germs.  But in reality, they don't come close to what you'll find on ATM machines, elevator buttons, and phone receivers.  That's because those toilets are cleaned and disinfected regularly.  But when was the last time a typical buttons on elevators or on ATM machine were infected?

Of course, germs are everywhere- and the key to removing them is with regular cleaning with soap and clean water and disinfecting.  A leading researcher better known in the science world as "Dr. Germ"  notes that some of the germ-infested places you'll likely to encounter include:

• Playgrounds.  The monkey bars tend to be the worst play.  That's because they're primarily used by children who rarely wash their hands and run around with colds.  He advice children that avoid  tables and benches, where diaper changes are often.

         A  playground

• Picnic tables.  You should never eat from a picnic table, or even touch the surface, unless you have your own tablecloth says a professor who has collected thousands if germs concentration samples for dozens of studies.

          A  picnic table

• Hotel rooms.  As a general rule, the higher the price, the cleaner the room.  But no matter the price, the single place where you'll find the most surface germs- the TV remote, it's never cleaned says the microbiologist.

          A hotel room

• Airport bathrooms.  Airport bathrooms are cleaned and disinfected only that so many people use the bathrooms as soon as they leave the place that janitors just can't keep up with the influx of germs from around the globe.  The faucet area is the dirtiest. The toilet seats because they lack the moisture that helps germs thrive, they have fewer germs than faucets.

According to the famous microbiologist, airplane bathrooms is the single place posing the biggest risk of a hand-transmitted illness.  He found E. Coli traces usually on the faucets and nearly one hundred percent of the time on the door handles..  The reason is because about fifty people per flight use a toilet and airplane bathrooms are rarely disinfected between flights.

          A faucet area is the dirtiest

Studies show that there are more germs in the air inside an airplane during the daytime flights than during nighttime flights says an author of the Travel and Tropical Medicine Handbook.  Other germ-ridden surfaces on planes are the try counters, seat armrests, and even magazines.

No matter what  your travel destination is, you should pact plenty of soap, easy-to-use gel sanitizers or alcohol swabs.  Hand washing is advisable before you prepare to eat food or touch your eyes, mouth and nose.