black yellow and red backpack on white table

Captured in a metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia primary school, this photograph depicts a grouping of objects common to an average classroom setting, which included a variety of colorful backpacks, toys, papers, and paraphernalia associated with a school’s learning environment. It is important to know that these objects, known as fomites, can act as transmitters of illnesses, for viruses and bacteria are able to remain alive on their surfaces after being handled by an ill child, who can then inadvertently transfer germs to another child, who subsequently handles these schoolroom objects.