By this point in the coronavirus pandemic, most of us know how to properly wash our hands, but we may be less clear about how to sanitize the various surfaces in our home.
pandemic, most of us know how to properly wash our hands — wet, lather, scrub, rinse, dry — but we may be less clear on the proper way to sanitize the various surfaces in our home. And like many aspects of our current situation, there is a lot of misinformation and hype about which areas of our home need vigilant attention. To get the hard facts on what to worry about at home, and what not to, I turned to three experts.
Vinetz says that people need to think logically; if you are quarantined at home and no one in your house is infected or showing symptoms, then regular good household hygiene should be sufficient.Good household hygiene means cleaning and disinfecting the same areas you tackle in normal times.
When using any type of disinfectant, both Vinetz and Sansoni emphasize the importance of waiting 30 seconds to several minutes for the product to effectively kill a germ or virus. Vinetz also says it’s a myth that wiping surfaces in circles spreads the virus around; no matter how you apply a disinfectant — spraying or wiping — as long as you wait for the area to dry, the germs will be killed.Sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter to track the outbreak.
Kurt Zilm, chair of the Yale University Chemistry Department, cautions against mixing any products together because the outcome could be dangerous .
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