Home Cleaning and Disinfection During the Coronavirus Pandemic

The timing of this worldwide event has given new meaning to spring home cleaning and disinfection during the coronavirus pandemic. With the world locked down, it has caused millions of people who are now staying at home to look at their environment. This means making the necessary changes to ensure a clean and healthy home.

The most immediate positive that comes from cleaning your home is that it gives you and your family something to do. A worthwhile project that can help develop good habits in keeping your home clean not only today, but for the future. The key is to get the right information on what you need to keep your home clean and safe. You may be surprised how inexpensive it is to properly clean your home thanks to the numerous natural products that clear away the dirt, grime, and dust while killing the germs.

The Difference Between Cleaning & Disinfecting

Yes, there is a difference between them, even though they are related. But you can clean your home without killing the germs. And you can kill the germs without cleaning your home. Although it will be more difficult to do either separately. As the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends, you should both clean and disinfect to keep the germs away.

What follows is a simple plan to help you properly clean and disinfect your home. By following these steps, you can get the job done more efficiently. Plus, you can maintain the results with a little weekly maintenance and cleaning up when needed.

Start with High Traffic Areas

To properly clean and disinfect surfaces, you’ll need to focus on areas of the home where the most people are touching the surfaces. This includes the following:

  • Tables, countertops, and hard surfaces of chairs
  • Doorknobs, bathroom surfaces, faucets and taps
  • Toilet seats, handles, and related surfaces
  • TV remotes, light switches, telephones, and mobile devices
  • Game controllers, handbags, purses, car door handles, and steering wheels

Basically, any surface that is frequently touched by multiple people needs to be addressed right away. Once you have cleaned the frequently touched areas, you can then focus on cleaning your home. The items you’ll need to sanitize your home are as follows:

  • Soap, water, and rubber gloves
  • Disinfectants, bleach solutions, and wipes

While hand and spray sanitizers may be in short supply, you can create your own sanitizing solution by combining four teaspoons of bleach for every quart of water. This highly effective sanitizing solution can destroy virtually all germs, viruses, and bacteria on contact. Just be sure you are wearing gloves to protect your skin.

Keep in mind that there is no vaccine or treatment that cures the coronavirus at this time. The best defense is to maintain social distances and disinfect surfaces so the virus cannot survive in the open.

The importance of home cleaning and disinfecting during the coronavirus pandemic cannot be overstated. Taking the basic steps to ensure a clean home will not only slow the spread of the virus, but it will create a healthier interior environment for everyone living inside.

If you need professional help in cleaning and disinfecting your home, call Viola Cleaning. We offer an experienced, professional crew, the best cleaning equipment, and affordable packages of cleaning and disinfection services.

Contact Viola Cleaning to get started. Please call (206) 465-4103 for more information.