Looking for tips to Coronavirus proof your home? Keeping your home clean, especially if someone is sick, is a vital task in these times of confinement to prevent the Coronavirus from entering your home. 

How do we keep our home clean and what if someone in our household is sick and is in quarantine? Start by cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces and objects. For example tables, countertops, light switches, doorknobs, cabinet handles, keys, tv remote, keyboards.

Try these helpful tips to keeping your home clean:

• Entryway Designate a dedicated entryway where you and your household can remove outerwear clothing, shoes, keys, items before entering your home. Disinfect items exposed outside the home. Wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds.

• Cleaning Use soap and water for surfaces and do it frequently. High contact surfaces include tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, faucet handles, desks, telephones, keyboards, tv remote, toilets, taps, sinks, etc. Follow the specific tips for cell phones, computers, and smart devices (includes video games and consoles).

• Disinfecting For the disinfection and household cleaning, Make sure to use diluted household bleach solutions or 3% hydrogen peroxide solution if appropriate for the surface and check its expiration date. when properly diluted, Unexpired household bleach will be effective against Coronaviruses.

• Smooth surfaces For smooth surfaces like carpeted floors, rugs, and curtains. Clean the surface with soap and water or with appropriate cleaners to use on these surfaces. Disinfect with an EPA-registered household disinfectant. This external disinfectant icon meets EPA criteria for use against COVID-19.

• Laundry For clothes, towels, bedding, and other items. Do not shake dirty clothes. Choose the hot water option when doing laundry. Wash your hands with soap and water as soon as you load the laundry.

• Wash hands frequently Wash your hands frequently with hand wash or soap and water for 20 seconds. Hand sanitizer: If soap and water are not available and your hands are not visibly dirty, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. However, if your hands are visibly dirty, always wash your hands with soap and water.

• Trash Wear gloves when removing trash bags and when handling and disposing of trash. Wash your hands afterward.

Did you find any of these tips helpful?