How To Do Home Cleaning During Pandemic Like COVID-19?

This spring cleaning you got to do more than just decluttering your home. It is very important to fight against virus attacks such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. The experts say that SARS-CoV-2, the virus which is the reason for COVID-19 is expected to live on surfaces like metal, glass, and cloth. Several experiments and studies on similar viruses verified perseverance for hours to days. This demonstrates that it’s feasible to contract the virus if a surface in your home has been unclean. Sanitizing and cleaning everyday surfaces is an ideal way to start your home cleaning during pandemics.

Moreover, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises to clean a surface to kill germs and then fumigate the remaining germs. The CDC also recommends people to use disposable gloves while cleaning and sterilizing your home. To kill viruses, it’s perfect to use products precisely recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use against SARS-CoV-2. There’s a high risk you already have these in your closet, as familiar brands like Clorox and Lysol are on the list. Other than that you can also dilute bleach or make use of alcohol solutions. For the surface of carpets or rugs, you must clean and wash what you can in hot water.

Professional house cleaning tips for different rooms and things

Kitchen cleaning

The surfaces of your kitchen are one such place that can not only harbor the bacteria we transfer from our hands as well as belongings but also harbor foodborne bacteria. This is why it is quite essential to disinfect every item correctly. Moreover, in the kitchen, you can take all the things out of your fridge or freezer to clean thoroughly. And also, disinfect the handles of cupboards, drawers, electronic appliances, certain inventory and simultaneously check the expiration dates of frozen products and proteins that you may have stocked up. Make use of alcohol wipes and microfiber cloth along with cleaning solutions to scrub and wipe countertops, sinks, desks, tables and more. You should wash your utensils, dishes, glassware with germicidal concentrated liquid bleach.

Living room cleaning

While disinfecting your living room which is a space that your family uses the most. This room has lots of hard surfaces with décor items such as center tables, drapes, wall hanging, light switches, doorknobs and soft-surfaces like pillows and upholstered furniture. To disinfect these things, you must spray the surface of these things with enough multi-purpose disinfecting spray so it will remain wet for some minutes before air-drying for the highest protection. If you just can’t wait, and the surface requires cleaning as well as sanitizing, spray it on and let it reside for some seconds before drying the surface with a fresh microfiber cloth.

Bathroom cleaning

This space lots of hard surfaces such as showers, counters, bathtubs, and toilets, so be sure to disinfect and wash towels and bathmats properly and regularly. Daily put fresh hand towels and give each member of the family a new toothbrush especially after getting cured of a cold. This way you can keep away from harmful viruses.

Moreover, make use of a microfiber cloth to remove dried mucus that stains your washbasin when you from a sneeze or spittle after brushing teeth. This material provides gentle abrasion necessary to loosen the stuff so that it gets washed away with water. Ensure that a separate microfiber cloth is used for the toilet to prevent transferring germs.

Bedroom cleaning

This space of your house is your private area and most visited room of your home. You have a lot of soft surfaces like bed linens, pillows, and clothing and others that need special care to kill bacteria especially if something like coronavirus pandemic has occurred in your city. While disinfecting also keep in mind your outerwear, scarves, towels, clothing, sheets, etc. as well as gloves that may have been wide-open to communal germs.

Things like pillows, mattresses, quilts, and other bedding can’t be thrown in the washing machine. And the same philosophy applies to any upholstered furniture. A strong good phenolic disinfecting spray, for example, Purell, Clorox, Lysol, and others are needed. These disinfectants are available in various forms such as air-freshener, wipes, toilet cleaner, laundry sanitizer and more as it contains the ingredients essential to kill bacteria and is safe to use on soft as well as hard surfaces along with fabrics.

P.S. – It is equally important to disinfect your highly used gadgets such as phones, tablets, keyboards, Xbox, etc by wiping them with alcohol-based sanitizers.

The Final Say

During this time of social distancing and self-quarantine, a deep cleaning house is equally important to do. This is because right now when housebound you are moving, touching and using everything in your house. Make the most of your time by cleaning and keeping your family safe from such a virus outbreak instead of hiring cleaning services. Stay home, stay clean, stay safe.