The most effective way to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19), which has taken over the world and poses a serious risk to life if precautions are not taken, is to pay attention to hygiene and ensure cleanliness and hygiene in living spaces. However, of course, cleaning of homes, offices, and other environments where contact is made was also of great importance before the virus agenda.
So how clean are our homes and offices, which are our living spaces? Do we give as much importance to cleaning places as we do to our personal hygiene? What are the methods of disinfecting homes? How can we be sure of the cleanliness of the environments we live in?
Here are all the answers to these questions and more at Doğtaş, the architect of stylish homes! In the continuation of our content, you can find in detail the precautions you should take in terms of cleaning to protect your home from viruses and bacteria.
The Coronavirus, which started in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019 and spread fear worldwide in a very short time, forced us to adopt a new normal by taking a series of precautions. In this new order, everyone needs to be more distanced, cleaner, and, of course, more sensitive.
In parallel, it becomes more important than ever to focus on cleanliness and hygiene at home. Because this virus has shown us that we are actually in contact with many surfaces and have the potential to spread many bacteria, viruses, and germs around us in this way. So, which surfaces in the house need to be disinfected and how?
Even though we are not aware, we are constantly in contact with many surfaces such as closet doors, parquet, bed linens, door handles, mirrors, among others. This means that viruses and other organisms are constantly relocating, even if unintentionally.
Though we pay attention to cleanliness in the bedroom, maintaining hygiene especially during this period requires frequent and correct cleaning methods. However, being exposed to chemical substances too frequently for cleaning can also pose health risks.
Thankfully, it is possible to deeply disinfect surfaces using products with natural disinfectant properties like baking soda, tea tree oil, and vinegar. You can be sure of the hygiene in your bedroom by deeply cleaning the items in the bedroom once a month with these natural products and wiping frequently touched points like door handles on other days.
Additionally, you can prevent the virus from spreading in the home environment by airing out the beds every morning, frequently changing bed linens and sheets, and not cluttering nightstands and dressers with too many items. Additionally, by dusting every day and regularly cleaning dust-collecting curtains and blinds, you can protect yourself and your family from not only the virus but also other illnesses.
One of the areas where the most time is spent at home is the living room and lounge. In these rooms, since there are usually electronic devices needed for watching TV and listening to music, remote controls and buttons should be disinfected after each use. Also, the light switches that turn the lighting systems on and off should be cleaned every day.
The room should be frequently ventilated to clean the air in the environment. Another important point is to change clothes before going to the living room or lounge when coming home from outside. This way, the possibility of transferring bacteria, germs, and viruses from the outside environment to the home environment will decrease.
Bathrooms and toilets, which should always be the cleanest area of a house under normal conditions, need increased hygiene measures in the new normal as they are used more frequently. Accordingly, hygiene should be ensured using the natural disinfectants mentioned earlier, sinks and faucets should be cleaned, bathtubs and shower cabins should be disinfected, and door handles should be cleaned several times a day.
Since the kitchen is the area where food products are located, cleanliness and hygiene in kitchens should always be a priority. As in other rooms, door handles, cabinet doors, remote controls, buttons, and other surfaces should be frequently cleaned with natural disinfectants; however, special attention should be paid to hygiene especially on the counter.
Furthermore, let's not forget to mention that closed surfaces need to be disinfected frequently as well as visible ones. It would be to your benefit to keep the inside of the refrigerator and the kitchen cabinets and drawers hygienic. In addition to all these, we recommend that foods in the kitchen be placed in the refrigerator after being washed and cleaned with plenty of water.
Ensuring cleanliness and hygiene in the home should be considered as most important for areas like corridors and the entrance of the house. It's crucial to clean as frequently as possible in these areas, where the possibility of spreading all bacteria, germs, and viruses is the highest when entering the home from outside.
Additionally, we recommend ensuring the hygiene of the cabinets and shelves where shoes are placed and the coat rack. Another suggestion is to disinfect the door opening to the outside of the house, ideally after each use or at least every day, with natural disinfectants.
We have listed tips on how to disinfect the sections of the house, but we mustn't forget about the furniture. Because the disinfection methods for furniture should differ from those used for other items. Otherwise, the chemical cleaning products containing alcohol and bleach, which you use to clean your living spaces, might damage your furniture.
If you are going to clean wooden furniture, you can use special wooden cleaning products. It's worth noting that you can also utilize natural products for furniture disinfection. For instance, lemon oil is a very effective substance in the disinfection process with its bacterial and antiseptic properties.
Lemon oil is highly effective against bacteria, mites, and microorganisms. Now let's get to making the natural furniture disinfectant containing lemon oil:
Mix the ingredients in a small spray bottle. Spray on your furniture during cleaning and wipe with a clean microfiber cloth. You can use this mixture on wooden and leather furniture. You can wipe upholstery with water containing antibacterial soap.
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Chemical cleaning products like bleach, surface cleaners, and dish soap are generally used for home hygiene. However, as we previously mentioned, relying on chemical cleaning products to disinfect your home can pose health risks during this period when cleaning is done frequently.
Natural cleaning mixtures that you can make with products like vinegar and baking soda seem to be quite a good alternative for the disinfection process. When cleaning your home to combat coronavirus, you can apply the following recipe as an example of mixtures you can make with this type of natural product:
After pouring the above ingredients into a bottle with a spray function and shaking it well, you can use it to disinfect any surface except glass surfaces.
Once you learn ways to disinfect the home and the correct practices, click here to view tips that you can benefit from while organizing your home!
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