I would like to quickly return to the time that was a month ago and earlier. Therefore, given the seriousness of the situation in the world, it is necessary to more consciously approach the issue of the safety of yourself, your loved ones and other people.
We have a unique chance to save the world sitting on the couch. As in the wet dreams of a lazy introvert. All that is required of us is to sit quietly at home, wash our hands (wash them often, as if obsessed with hospital cleanliness) and clean the house.
I understand perfectly well that many people need to feed their families and go to work as soon as possible. It is right. But what is difficult to wash your hands thoroughly and as often as possible? At least adhere to this recommendation and everything will be fine, you will not have to sit at home in front of the TV for several months without work.
But today is not about hand washing. Today we will talk about cleaning the house, which needs to be done more thoroughly than you used to.
In a fresh article from the German edition "Hospital infections"(everyone can get acquainted with it here) there is a table that indicates how long a virus can survive on different surfaces.
Its life time: from 2 hours to 9 days. Paper packaging is now almost the safest. The lifetime of a virus on paper is from 5 minutes to a day, if all infected sneeze on it at once. However, there is now evidence that new mutated strains can last up to 5 days on cardboard.
Should rubbing alcohol be used on paper surfaces, from bags to parcels?
Your right, but washing your hands with soap and water will not be superfluous.
The thing to wipe thoroughly and often is a smartphone.. Before this whole story with the virus, the same cosmetologists and dermatologists advised to wipe it as often as possible, to which some readers of beauty blogs twisted their fingers at their temples and laughed. Now, as I understand it, the jokes have diminished. Washing your hands with soap, then thoroughly rubbing the phone with alcohol and washing your hands again with soap and water is normal now. Ideally, don't take your phone with you when you go to the store.
What is the best way to mop the floors now to keep it clean, just like in an operating room?
In two stages: wet cleaning with an ordinary detergent (at least for the floor, at least for tiles), then with bleach. You can not wash the entire apartment with bleach, but only the bathroom, dressing room and other places where you most often walk in street shoes.
Door handles and other fittings
Laundry soap and alcohol. Hydrogen peroxide and chlorine solution - not worth it, corrosion may form.
Food
The virus has been around for a long time, but there is no confirmed information that it is transmitted through fruits and vegetables. Otherwise, they would be obliged to sterilize. So it is enough to rinse them thoroughly under water.
Furniture
It must be treated with a disinfectant, especially everything that you touched after the street. The virus on wooden, metal and plastic surfaces lasts for several days (cm. a sign in the magazine, the link to which was given above).
By the way, it lasts no more than 8 hours on an aluminum surface. So if your man likes to drink beer, strongly recommend buying in aluminum cans, not PET containers.
Any chlorine bleach such as Whiten will work well for cleaning. The main thing is to make an aqueous solution strictly according to the instructions. And the most important thing is to wash your hands with soap and water. With or without reason - it will not be superfluous.
If you are afraid for dry skin - any nourishing cream will help, I wrote about them several times, my regular readers know how to restore the lipid layer and not know the problems with cracked skin, even if they work with bare hands with auto chemistry.
Tips are commonplace, nothing supernatural. The main thing is to take cleaning and disinfection seriously, to the extent that from the outside you seem to be obsessed with cleanliness. It certainly won't hurt you right now. Take care of yourself!
