For the study, the team took swab samples from seven different locations across four items - a blanket, a children's teddy, a ...

Teddies and soft toys, a common feature in many children's bedrooms and toy boxes, could be harbouring twice as many germs as ...

Not only that, but it could have as much as 650% more germs than a bin lid. Meanwhile, new research has also shown that your favourite comfort blanket could be almost twice as dirty as the average ...

Many kids, and even adults, keep a teddy or special blanket for comfort, and while this can be a beautiful thing many of us have likely never considered how much bacteria these could be harbouring.