Most people with coronavirus (Covid-19) are isolated at home during the recovery period in order to reduce the spread of the disease and leave places in hospitals for critical cases.

Because of the high transmission rate of SK virus infection, care must be taken when dealing with the patient during his illness to protect the rest of the household from infection, but even after the patient has recovered, the virus can remain on the surfaces, clothing and transmission to another person.

How do you sterilize the patient's room?

Before entering the patient's room, be sure to use a mask to protect the mouth and nose, then cover the eye if possible, use clean gloves, and keep the area well ventilated, and make sure to wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds after completing cleaning and sterilization.

Sterilizers should be used according to the instructions written on them without increasing, and avoid mixing chemical products.

Cleaning and disinfection

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the best procedure to prevent corona and other viruses in homes and meeting places is to start cleaning dirty surfaces directly, followed by disinfection.

And cleaning means removing dirt and impurities from surfaces using soap and water, and this does not kill germs, but it reduces their number on surfaces, and disinfection means using sterilizers after cleaning to kill germs on surfaces, and reduces the risk of spreading the infection.

Surfaces and floors

Focus should be placed on patient-exposed surfaces such as tables and shelves, bed frames, lighting switches, door handles, windows and mirrors, water taps, sink and toilet.

To sterilize the surfaces and floors, you can mix four tablespoons of chlorine with a liter of water at room temperature, then put the solution in a spray to spray the surfaces and floors and clean the bathroom.

The surfaces should be left wet with the solution for a period of not less than five minutes before drying, and it is best to let it air dry if possible, and repeat it daily, because the chlorine solution does not remain effective after 24 hours have passed.

Surfaces should be left wet with disinfectant for at least five minutes before drying (Getty Images)

Fabrics

As for the injured's clothes, bed linen, towels, curtains and carpets, care must be taken that they are as far away from your face as possible, and when washing them you should follow the cutting instructions, preferably washed at a temperature between 60 and 90 degrees Celsius, and using chlorine, then clean the containers of dirty clothes Using a chlorine solution.

electronic devices

Electronic devices, such as mobile phones, computers and remote control devices, must be sterilized with alcohol wipes or sprays that contain at least 70% alcohol to disinfect touch screens.

Eating utensils

Gloves should be used when touching utensils such as dishes and spoons, washed with hot water and using soap or in a dishwasher, preferably using disposable plastic spoons and spoons after use.

Trash can

The victim is given a garbage bin of his own, and it must be lined with a garbage bag, and when removing the bag should use gloves, and be sure to keep it away from your face and body, then get rid of the gloves, and wash your hands well.

Sterilizers are used according to the instructions written on them without increasing (Getty Images).

The best way to sterilize the injured room

The Healthline website published the results of two studies, one in the new American Journal of Medicine (NEJM), and the other in the medical journal The Lancet, where they showed that viruses can stay on surfaces for up to seven days on plastics and metals, and on glass until Four days, wood up to two days, and paperboard up to 24 hours, and varies with different environmental factors such as temperature and humidity.

Therefore, in the event that a person’s room can be dispensed with, it is best to close it for a week after leaving it. Colin MacLaurin, an assistant professor of epidemiology in New York, told US News that the easiest and safest way to cleanse a room with a coronavirus is to close it for a week.

Erica Marie, a professor at the Environmental Engineering Department at Northwestern University and specializing in microbiology, says, "Viruses, including corona virus and others, do nothing on household surfaces except for slow collapse, so do not grow or multiply on surfaces." Wait, sterilization becomes safer.