You may think your home is the cleanest and safest place for you as far as staying healthy goes. There is truth there that staying home as often as you can keep you as protected as possible from catching COVID-19.
It keeps others safe as well. However, there are things and areas of your home that can easily get you sick with other ailments. Let’s now look at the 13 dirtiest things in your home, according to science.
#13 – Your Shoes
There is a reason that you are told to take your shoes as soon as you come home and leave them on the mat by the door. Your shoes attract many germs, chemicals, and other pollutants from outside as you walk on the ground and in different buildings. If you walk in your home with your shoes on, you will bring those nasty germs to your home!
#12 – Your Pillowcase
Your pillowcase is full of dead skin as you spend hours a night sleeping on it, and there are plenty of dust mites lurking in it. If your allergies are acting up, that is why. Change your pillowcase weekly and throw it in a hot water cycle.
#11 – Your Kitchen Sponge
As you clean different surfaces that are full of bacteria and viruses with the sponge, this has turned into a breeding ground for so many germs. The way to clean it is to soak it with water and put it in the microwave for one to two minutes on high, and that will clean it off.
#10 – Kitchen Towels
Like your kitchen sponge, your towels are also full of germs. They are full of germs from you wiping your hands on them, even after washing them. The germs from other surfaces would have gotten onto the towels as well. Replace your towels at least once a week and throw them into a hot water cycle when you machine wash them.
#9 – Water Bottle
Your water bottle attracts many germs from water that has been left in there for hours. Therefore, at the end of each day, you will want to wash your water bottle with soap and water. Run it through a dishwasher cycle as well once a week.
#8 – Coffee Maker
Your coffee maker is a host to a variety of bacteria and viruses because of the reservoir accumulating it from old debris and water. Be sure to clean out your reservoir properly at least once a week.
#7 – Kitchen Sink
You are washing your pots and pans in your sink which leaves food debris and that turns into a breeding ground for a variety of bacteria and viruses. Therefore, that is one of the dirtiest places in your home. Clean it out by pouring vinegar and hot water into it as that will sanitize it.
#6 – Your Bathroom Sink
You would not want to know about the type of bacteria that are lurking in your bathroom sink, as fecal bacteria are one of the types. As you flush the toilet, fecal particles come out and land in the sink and on the floor of the bathroom. Cleaning it out with hot water and vinegar regularly will keep it as clean as possible.
#5 – Cutting Board
Your cutting board accumulates bacteria from the food you cut on it, and think about it next time you are about to use it. The food that you are putting on it will pick up the bacteria and other germs that are on the board. Find out how to clean the type of cutting board you have based on the type.
#4 – Your Computer Keyboard
Your fingers and hands carry a load of microbes. There are so many types of bacteria and viruses that are on your hands. And as you use the keyboard, you are transferring the germs onto it. Therefore, your computer keyboard is the dirtiest thing. Once a week, if not more often, clean your keyboard with a damp cloth lightly dipped in rubbing alcohol. Keep your computer off when you do it.
#3 – Your Mobile Phone
Your smartphone is full of germs since you are handling it all of the time. And when you take your mobile phone out as you run errands, you are placing them on different surfaces that are full of germs as well. Therefore, it is safe to say that your mobile phone is very dirty. Take a disinfectant wipe and clean it off as often as you can to keep it clean.
#2 – Remote Control
Just like your keyboard, your remote control is full of your germs from your hands as you use it to press the keys and handle it. What you need to do is clean it by taking a damp cloth lightly dipped in rubbing alcohol. Take the batteries out, and clean it up.
#1 – Toothbrush Holder
Think about where your toothbrush holder is. It is in the bathroom, and think about what happens after you flush the toilet which was already discussed. Besides when you put your toothbrush back into it after using it, the germs from your mouth will get onto it. Once a week, clean your toothbrush holder with some soap and water.
After learning about these 13 dirtiest things in your home, you will want to be mindful to stay clean by cleaning them. This way you will truly stay safe as you get through the pandemic.
