Cleaning your home regularly is essential for maintaining a healthy environment.
It is essential to prevent and eliminate bacteria, viruses, and other pests, such as moths and silverfish.
Regular cleaning is essential during the COVID-19 Pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 can survive on surfaces of your home for several days.
Removing the virus-containing material from these surfaces using some essential disinfectants is simple.
Learn about common problems around the home and how to keep your living space safe and healthy.
How to clean your kitchen
The kitchen is the place where everyone gathers.
It combines a restaurant, entertainment center, and family room. Every surface in the home is a magnet to bacteria, viruses, germs, and insects.
You can spread viruses like SARS-CoV-2 through your kitchen. This coronavirus can survive for several hours or even days on kitchen surfaces.
Here are some tips for disinfecting your kitchen surfaces and preventing COVID-19.
Before touching anything, wash your hands for 20 seconds with soap and warm water, especially if you have been outdoors or at work.
If soap and water aren’t available, you can use an alcohol sanitizer that contains 60 percent or more.
Wipe down regularly on all kitchen surfaces. This includes counters, tabletops, and other characters you frequently touch, such as stove or microwave buttons. If available, use an EPA-approved disinfectant.
Before and after using your dishes, wash all silverware and dishes.
Sponges, dish towels
If improperly cleaned and stored, a sponge can contain mold and thousands of foodborne bacteria and pathogens.
You can kill germs by:
Place the sponge into the dishwasher at a high temperature with the drying cycle set.
Wet it, then put it into the microwave for 1 to 2 minutes.
Squeezing out the excess after each use and storing it somewhere that will allow it to air-dry.
Even if you only use them to dry clean dishes, cloth dish towels may harbor harmful microorganisms. Set your machine’s temperature dial to hot and wash them frequently.
Cutting board
Use a separate cutting board for fruits and vegetables. It is best to clean it first with soap and hot water.
Separating raw meat and vegetables will prevent cross-contamination and the spread of harmful bacteria such as salmonella and E.coli. Keep veggies and raw meat separate to avoid cross-contamination. This will also prevent the spread of salmonella, E.
You should have two cutting boards for raw meat, fruit, and vegetables.
Countertops
After cooking, clean and sanitize all surfaces.
This extra step helps eliminate food bacteria like Campylobacter, a common cause of diarrhea. It will also deter insects from eating leftovers on the counter.
Some people are affected by household pests such as cockroaches, which can cause asthma or allergies.
After cleaning your counters with soap and hot water, you can use bleach to sanitize them. You can use one teaspoon of bleach per quart. This extra step helps kill any pathogens that may still be present.
Bleach and chlorine can also be used to remove virus material related to COVID-19. Ammonia also works. Use ammonia and bleach separately.
Avoid insect infestations. Wash dishes and utensils right after eating—store food in tightly sealed containers. Keep trash in a container that has a lid.
The bedroom
Whether you share the bed or not, you’re always with others.
You are constantly surrounded by dust, mites, and perhaps pet dander. Bed bugs can cause poor air quality and irritate even those who are not allergic.
Dust mites are responsible for laying eggs and producing waste. Hair, dead skin, and fungi are all allergens that can cause severe reactions in sensitive people.
Dust mites can be eliminated by following these tips:
Use zippered plastic covers for your mattress and pillows.
Wash all bedding once a week in hot water over 130°F to kill dust mites.
Vacuum mattresses that are not covered regularly.
The bathroom
The bathroom is relatively new. People have relied on public baths and outhouses for thousands of years. This was because they kept pathogens away from their living quarters.
Pathogens are everywhere, even in the toilets and baths we use today.
Toilet handle
It’s not because you expect it.
You know you should clean your toilet bowl and seat, but do you also clean the handle when you flush? Many nasty bugs, including Enterococcus and Rotavirus, can live in the flush handle.
Enterococcus is a cause of bacterial gastroenteritis. Rotaviruses are the most common cause of diarrhea in children.
The new coronavirus can also survive on toilet handles made from steel or plastic for up to three days.
Sanitize the flush handle with a disinfectant whose label states it is effective against bacteria or viruses. A 60 percent alcohol solution will also remove virus particles from SARS-CoV-2.
Floor to ceiling
Mould is a common problem in bathrooms and can cause various health issues, ranging from itchy, watery eyes to asthma attacks.
Trichophyton is another danger that lurks in your bathroom and perhaps throughout your home.
The fungus can cause an athlete’s foot and ringworm. It is spread from person to person via flooring.
How to remove mold and trichophyton?
In the bathroom, use a disinfectant designed to kill molds and fungi.
Wipe down the walls and curtain of the shower or tub after bathing. Shower curtains can be washed in the machine.
Empty the wastebasket every day and throw away soiled tissues. Please do not leave them on the counter or in the room.
Rhinovirus is the primary cause of the common cold. It spreads quickly when people touch contaminated surfaces and then touch their nose, mouth, or eyes. COVID-19 is no exception.
Clean your bathroom regularly. Coronaviruses and rhinoviruses can survive on surfaces for several days.
Cleaning up house
Bacteria, viruses, and other contaminants can quickly spread on surfaces commonly used in your home.
These handles do more than let you enter your home or room. These handles may carry staph (Staphylococcus Aureus), a common bacteria.
Staph is not usually dangerous, but it can be hazardous if you get it in your mouth, eyes or through cuts and scrapes. It can cause many problems.
The new coronavirus could also spread if you regularly touch doorknobs on the way to or from work and before washing your hand.
Staph and other harmful bacteria can be kept at bay by a good swipe with an antibacterial cleaner.
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