COVID or not, keeping these household items clean can cut down various infection risks

Two years after the pandemic was declared, many of us have been dreaded so much that we can’t think of leaving home without sanitizing our hands and wearing masks.

Back in those days where we had not learned about pandemic, we never thought of contracting a virus from a crowd. Stepping into a crowded place did not bother us. But post-pandemic, things have changed. Everytime we think of a crowded place the scary thoughts of people in hospitals, and lockdowns disturb us.

While COVID has definitely taught us several things, one thing that can hold relevance till the infinite future is keeping commonly used household items clean.

Here are few such items which you need to keep clean if you have older people and kids at your place particularly:

You were doing it earlier but might have stopped doing it just as COVID cases fell.

Door handles are accessible to adults mostly. From people living inside to outsiders like delivery people almost everyone automatically tries to turn on the door handle.

Given the obvious fact that people rarely use hand sanitizers or gloves these days, you need to disinfect the door handle frequently now.

Now that the door handle is clean and hygienic you need to keep the edges of the door clean as well.

If you have kids, you should be aware that they drag and open a door holding the lower edge.

Also, you might have the habit of leaning on the door edge with your cheek pushed in or head resting on it, while talking to neighbors.

This makes door handles another potential breeding place for the pathogens. Disinfect it too.

Nobody in the house is restricted to using TV and AC remotes. Sometimes we quickly change the channel with our sticky fingers and do not bother to clean it later, sometimes we simply come from outside and crash on the couch and start pressing channel numbers.

TV remotes are one of the most frequently used objects which need to be cleaned regularly.

Cleaning the toys of kids should be a regular habit as kids tend to put everything into their mouth.

Just as you do the laundry of your kids' clothes with utmost sincerity and care you need to do the same with the toys as well.

There is no entry restriction to a switch board. Barring the younger kids, adults use it mostly in households.

While pressing a switch we never think about risking our health from pathogens. This spontaneous action can trouble us with infections. Try to keep your switch board clean regularly. Use dry clothes to swipe it clean, avoid using damp or moist clothes over switch boards.

If you have your shoe rack inside your room, you need to put it outside right now. Especially when there are babies and toddlers in the house, it is safer to keep the shoe racks outside.

Shoes come directly in contact with the contaminants which are spread everywhere on the road in the form of sputum, spits and what not.

It is advisable to keep shoes outside the house.

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