Clean up your act says the Hygiene Council

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New Delhi, September 15, 2010

No one wants to spend all their time at home cleaning, nor should they be expected to, but cleaning up your act is more about quality over quantity.

Explains Dr. Narendra Saini, India representative, Global Hygiene Council: "Time spent cleaning is not as important as the quality of the cleaning carried out.

Targeted cleaning of germ hotspots such as kitchen work surfaces, chopping boards and fridges, bath tubs, shower heads and toilets, together with taps, door handles and other frequently touched surfaces, toys and gadgets with an appropriate antibacterial, antimicrobial or disinfectant products can remove potentially harmful micro-organisms thereby reducing the risk."

"It is important to keep surfaces dry, and damp rooms such as bathrooms well ventilated as fungi in particular proliferates in warm, damp conditions.

There is no point in drying crockery and other kitchen utensils with a dirty kitchen towel or using dirty cloths to clean. Cleaning cloths, towels of all kinds, flannels and bed sheets should really be washed at 60ºC or above in order to effectively kill germs.

If you prefer to wash at a lower temperature, then you should consider addition a suitable laundry disinfectant to your wash as well, especially if someone in the household is already down with an illness such as a gastrointestinal infection."

Simple, targeted cleaning with the right materials is a regime that works in the hospital environment according to another Hygiene Council member, USA-based Professor Philip Tierno, who along with colleagues was first to confront an outbreak of the antibiotic resistant hospital super bug Klebsiella pneumonia.

Professor Tierno and his team managed to contain and then eradicate the bacterial infection by asking hospital cleaning staff to change their cleaning routine.

"Simple hygiene measures using the right products in problem areas were what eradicated the outbreak of super bug Klebsiella in a hospital setting. This principal can also be used in the home to protect families from infection from health threatening germs found in the home" added Professor Tierno.

When choosing disinfectants and antibacterial products, read the label and look for a name you can trust as, adds the UK's Professor John Oxford, a global authority on influenza and chairman of the Hygiene Council: "It's important to choose a quality disinfectant that is proven to a wide range of germs."

So the good news is that it needn't be a chore to tackle the housework and keep your home clean enough to be healthy.

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