Don't look now, but your workspace could be a disaster, a feeding and breeding ground for bacteria.
And it's even worse if you're a woman, according to a study.

"Desks are really bacteria cafeterias," said Charles Gerba from the University of Arizona. "They're breakfast buffets, lunch tables and snack bars."

Gerba's bug hunters checked 113 surfaces in offices in five U.S. cities, and along with concluding that there are more bacteria on desktops than toilet seats, also found that women's offices contain nearly three times as many bacteria as men's.

"What we found is that women seemed to have more 'stuff' in their offices, from makeup bags to pictures of family and purses on their desks," said Gerba, a University of Arizon professor of soil, water and environmental sciences. "It added up to big numbers for women, even though their offices typically looked cleaner."

He had expected to find men carried more germs, and in fact they have the single most bacteria-ridden item – their wallets. "But women have more interactions with small children and keep food in their desks. The other problem is makeup," he told the Associated Press.

Computer mice and keyboards were particularly infested on women's desks, while the bacteria on desktops and phones were distributed fairly equally.

Gerba recommends handwashing and wipes to kill germs. No surprise there; the research was paid for by Clorox, which makes cleaning products.