Beyond Your Usual House Cleaners: How to Disinfect Your Home If Someone Is Sick

If someone in your home has recently been ill then you may already feel burnt out from trying to dodge germs at all costs.

You’ve followed all of the CDC and WHO guidelines for keeping yourself healthy, like handwashing, proper use of hand sanitizer, and staying at least 6 feet away from anyone feeling unwell… but what about your home?

Cleaning and disinfecting your home is a must after an illness passes through to keep everyone else in the home safe and healthy. How do you know, though, if you’ve done enough cleaning to prevent the spread of illness to others?

Your typical house cleaners may not be enough to ward off the germs, and cleaning all the various areas in your home may not be something you can achieve with your run-of-the-will cleaning supplies. Here is what you can do to prevent the spread of illness in your home.

Prevention

Take the proper steps to prevent the spread of illness if someone is sick. Have the sick individual wear a mask and try to keep them contained to one area of the home, like a bedroom with an attached bathroom.

If you must enter or they must leave the area, wear disposable gloves and replace them anytime they are in contact with a contaminated surface.

Using disposable items, such as plates, utensils, and cups while someone is ill can help prevent moving germs from one surface to another. Once finished using them, they can go directly in the trash and will avoid getting placed on the counter or having someone else handle them to wash. You can even use contact paper for your countertops if the ill person will be in the kitchen often or you don’t wish to use disposable items. 

Use the Right House Cleaners

Your routine house cleaning won’t cut it when dealing with an illness. Not all house cleaners are created equally. 

Cleaning first and then using a proper disinfectant on all solid surfaces is an important step. Cleaning is removing various contaminants from the surfaces in your home while disinfecting kills the pathogens. 

A common household disinfectant is bleach, but it must be used carefully and properly to keep you safe and to work properly.

Sterilization

Cleaning and disinfection are things that can be reasonably handled by most, but what about sterilization?

Sterilizing is to destroy or remove all microbial life, like viruses and bacteria.

Sterilizing your home is no easy feat. There are various processes for sterilization, but your typical house cleaners are not capable of producing those results.

To ensure you are your family are safe from illness, services like Viking Pest Pro-Clean Disinfectant and Sanitation Service can take care of your home from top to bottom. 

Reduce Your Chances of Becoming Ill

Following the CDC and WHO’s guidelines for preventing the spread of illness is important to keep you and those around you safe and free from illness. Using suitable house cleaners and cleaning methods will also be crucial in ceasing the spread of germs and contaminants.

Consider bringing in a professional to clean, disinfect, and sterilize so you can take a bring a breath of fresh, clean, and healthy air.  For more articles like this, check out the other posts on our blog.