anyone ever clean your diads

[coldworld]

just curious how often, if ever, you all clean those germ magnets called your diad? If you do, what do you use? I personally enjoy having customers sneeze, cough, smoke, etc, on that thing...its quite disgusting.

[outta hours]

Originally Posted by coldworld

I personally enjoy having customers sneeze, cough, smoke, etc, on that thing...its quite disgusting.

That is why I wear leather work glove year round. Keeps me from getting sick. I have not had one cold or flu, or anything of the like since I began wearing them three years ago. I started wearing them on the advice of my Doctor. I am not a germ freak but you must admit we deliver to some pretty nasty people. On the cleaning question I do carry Clorox wipes and clean the DIAD myself when it needs it.

[satellitedriver]

When it gets wet in the rain, I wipe it off with my sweat towel.
Cooties don't scare me. My germs are stronger than their germs.
I do, sometimes, clean the grime off the alphabet keys, so that I can see them.

[brownrodster]

I never clean my diad. I never get sick. I guess I have a robust immune system.

[rod]

I used to wash mine with hot soapy water. Never seemed to bother it.

[trplnkl]

We have a spray bottle with some kind of cleaner inside, then wipe it down with those soft tissues made for cleaning eye glasses. We are supposed to spray the battery contacts before putting them up at night.

[scratch]

I usually clean the keys on mine about every other day with a wet paper towel. It will also get a good cleaning all over about once a week. I have seen some DIADs that are very nasty, they are grimy and look like diesel fuel is smeared all over them. I can't believe some drivers hand these things to customers.

[upsdude]

I give mine a good mist with Windex a couple times a week.

[filthpig]

I guess I give mine the once over every week or so. I deliver to a hospital and Dr's. offices so I wash my hands a lot. And if you think your germs are stronger than staph, take a toke off of this number: We had a driver about 7 or 8 years ago who got a decent cut on his hand while working. Not bad enough for stitches, but pretty bad. He developed a staph infection that went from his heel to his hip. He was in the hospital for about 3 months with his leg laid open from it. Almost killed him. Wash your hands. Take care of cuts. Don't be a moron.

[WyoBrown]

Originally Posted by coldworld

just curious how often, if ever, you all clean those germ magnets called your diad? If you do, what do you use? I personally enjoy having customers sneeze, cough, smoke, etc, on that thing...its quite disgusting.

I like a clean diad, mostly so I can see the thing. Mr Clean's magic erasers work great! Not too worried about germs, I figure with all the dirt we ingest every day our immune systems are hardier than most. Good advice about covering cuts, take no chances there.

[BLACKBOX]

I use those disposable glass wipes with alcohol. Great for cleaning the keys and the grime off the glass. Don't forget to clean off the stylus too.

[sendagain]

The liquid soap in the dispensers in office buildings works great, and they have paper towels to wipe them with too.

[loserupser]

I carry multiple stylus's and discard them if i see a disgusting situation with a customer

[brownmonster]

I'm constanly dropping it in the snow and in puddles. Keeps it pretty clean.

[jds4lunch]

I spit on the screen and wipe it off with my sleeve everytime some moron writes on it in ink. Other than that, just the daily drop into a water puddle/snow bank (depending on the time of year) seems to keep the dirt off.

[Cementups]

they have a big bucket of wet-wipes in our center to clean our DIADS with. I usually just spray mine down with window cleaner or something at one of the stops on my area and wipe it down good. Looks good as new.

[feeder53]

I work feeders, and I wipe down the computer with a wet one, and clean the tractor too (I do not have a specific one yet) as I have to spend a lot of time in it. It is for myself and all that see the condition of the unit itself.

[Mike Hawk]

I had a guy bleed on a diad once, got the sig and booked it back to the truck and as I was about to type in the name I noticed it, pretty disgusting. Good thing it was just the helper diad.

[Harley Rider]

Originally Posted by coldworld

just curious how often, if ever, you all clean those germ magnets called your diad?

Never............ good thing I have the keys memorized.

[trickpony1]

Does anyone carry Lysol spray or Lysol wipes?
I carry both because I am forced to use a telephone to call in my trailer numbers.
This phone gets handled by numerous drivers within a 5 hour radius drive time of my location. (and everyone wonders how the flu gets spread).
I'll go back to my hyperbaric chamber now.