[whye]

According to the article the bacteria can also contaminate surfaces in the kitchen. For instance, if you form hamburger patties on a cutting board, even if you wash the board with soap and water, there may still be live bacteria capable of infecting you on it.

For that reason, they recommend you also wash kitchen surfaces with a dilute bleach solution.

[baguasquirrel]

I remember a while back that wood cutting boards tended to have much lower bacteria counts than plastic ones did. I keep mine in good condition so they last a while and I don't have to be cutting down trees all the time.

http://www.knife-expert.com/cut-bo93.txt