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We tend to worry about germs stuck to the toilet seat, but actually many other household utensils that are often forgotten turn out to save many times the risk of becoming a nest of bacteria.
There is one simple activity that you can do to be able to stay clean and as safe as possible from a bacterial infection, even though it is surrounded by venomous objects: wash your hands.
Dr. Aaron Glatt, president and CEO of New Island Hospital Bethpage, New York, and spokesperson for the Infectious Disease Society of America, said that hand washing is the most basic and important aspect of personal hygiene.
Here it is a list of 8 household items that look clean even though it is a favorite place for germs, along with treatment tips to always be germ-free.
1. Mobile
Mobile is the extension of your hand. How often do you deal in the bathroom while busy playing cellphones? Even though you have washed your hands, have you ever thought of cleaning your cell phone occasionally?
Maybe you will not immediately eat after the bathroom, but the bacteria that stick to the surface of the cellphone will easily change hands to other objects that you hold, and the ends to your food. In the end, bacteria will accumulate and enter your body or even stick to your face when you receive a call.
Do this: Always ready for anti-bacterial wet wipes to clean your cellphone occasionally. Also, don't bring handphone to the bathroom!
2. Water tap
The iron filter at the end of the tap is a soft nest for bacteria. Flowing water will keep the filter moist, ideal conditions for germs and bacteria to multiply. Tap water is not sterile, so if you touch the end of the faucet with dirty hands or food, the germs will easily stick and grow around the tap.
Similarly, the shower head. A study by the University of Colorado-Boulder found that shower heads contain high levels of Mycobacterium avium, a pathogen that infects the immune system and is associated with lung disease.
Do this: Once a week, dismantle your water tap and soak your tap filter in a bleach solution. For the shower head, dismantle and soak each part in the boiling vinegar solution. Changes in color, such as rust, will arise due to vinegar reactions making it easier to detect. Don't forget to regularly replace the filter regularly (let the water run down for a while before starting to use it).
3. Door handles or drawers
Open the lid, take food from the refrigerator, arrange clean clothes in the wardrobe. Many of the things we do everyday involve door handles. Germs and bacteria from your hands will move to the door handle, and vice versa. Not to mention, there were many people who also joined in holding the door handle.
Do this: When cleaning the room, don't forget to wipe the door handle and the surrounding area. In addition, always provide anti-bacterial wet wipes in easily accessible places.
4. Dishwasher
The 2011 NSF International Household Germ Study analysis found that dirty dishes were a nest for Coliforn bacteria, including Salmonella and E. Coli. The same type of bacteria is also commonly found on cutting boards and kitchen tables.
Do this: Every time you finish washing the dishes, rinse thoroughly your dishwasher and the surrounding area.
5. TV Remote
How often do you choose to stay in a room and sink into your favorite TV series marathon when the flu season hits?
Combine sneezing and your habit of rarely washing hands, resulting in the nest of millions of germs and bacteria that can move from you to other people, or vice versa.
Do this: Routine your remote TV with anti-bacterial wet wipes and prepare a supply of anti-bacterial wet wipes in easily accessible places.
6. Wallet
A wallet is an object that is often stored in any place: on the table, falling on the floor, in a bag, in a pants pocket.
Paper money is the right medium for germs and bacteria to change hands. Not only that, paper money also often leaves traces of remaining viruses, even illegal drugs. Of course, all of this will end up in your wallet.
For those of you who like to keep your wallet near reach, remember this before another time stuffing your wallet back into your pants pocket: pants close to your skin, body temperature can move and warm your wallet - the ideal temperature for germs and bacteria to multiply.
Do this: Every time you finish the transaction, wash your hands or wipe with anti-bacterial wet wipes. Wipe your wallet too, or change your wallet if it's not as beautiful as it once was.
7. Soap
It is no longer an open secret if the bathroom floor and toilet seat are covered with urine and feces. And most of us tend to ignore it, because you will definitely wash your hands after you have finished everything in the bathroom. But, do you know? Soap, both bars and liquid soap. Also classified as a germ nest. Includes a soap holder.
The soap is very rarely cleaned and touched by many people other than yourself, making bacteria and germs more vigorous in breeding between the soap and in the "crumbly" remaining soap to move to your soap.
Do this: When it's time to clean the bathroom, don't forget to scrub the soap (and soap bottles, if you use liquid soap) with disinfectant soap. In addition, wash your hands thoroughly with warm water for 10-20 seconds
8. Pillows and sheets
It is rare to change a pillowcase, or even rarely hang a pillow, potentially making it the number-one nest of allergic fungi in your bedroom. Your pillow holds mountains of sweat, dead skin, saliva, and other foreign particles while you sleep every day. The ideal condition for bed bugs to breed.
Do this: Regularly replace all your pillowcases, bolsters, blankets, sheets every once a week. In addition, the most important thing is to wash and dry all your sleep equipment. Bleaching can also be a good method. One study showed that washing with hot water and a cleaning solution not only can kill bacteria attached to the cloth, but also sterilize the inside of the washing machine so that the germs do not continue to spread from one laundry to another.
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