8 Ways to Clean your House After You’ve Been Sick

What should you clean?

When you begin to clean your home you can focus more on “high touch” areas, but the main rule is to clean first, then you can start the disinfection process. High touch areas refer to the things that you always touch, such as door knobs, phones, computer keyboards, remote controls, switches, toilets or water taps. But do not forget about your bedding or towels, because they can be infected with microbes and viruses as well. 

“Cellphones are sort of like extensions of our hands. We pick them up, put them down on random surfaces, pass them to other people, and press them against our ears. Dare I say we sometimes cough or sneeze on them too? We don’t wash our hands every time we pick up our phone or put it down, and studies have shown – long before this pandemic – that our phones are anything but sterile,” said Tomasi. 

Moreover, if you want to be sure of the high touch surfaces in your home you can simply do a walk around your house and focus on what you touch when you come home from the outside. You should also pay attention to the things that you touch first, such as door knobs and switches.