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Although we know about the COVID-19 coronavirus that it spreads by droplets, it can also survive on everyday objects. For this reason, we check how important hand hygiene is, as well as the things we use on a daily basis.
With the rapid spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus around the world, hand hygiene is extremely important. This is because the virus is spread by airborne droplets. To become infected, it is not at all necessary to come into contact with the saliva or blood of the virus carrier. It is enough for someone to cough and viruses can be absorbed into the lungs immediately. Caring for hand hygiene may protect us from becoming infected. You should wash your hands thoroughly for 15-30 seconds after visiting the toilet or returning home. The rules are presented in the graphic below:
It is not only about the COVID-19 coronavirus infection, but also other diseases. However, hand hygiene is not enough. Caution should also be exercised when using items on which microorganisms can stay from several hours to several days on a daily basis.
Mobile phone
According to scientists, the largest habitat of microorganisms is a mobile phone, which we often put on the face or slide our finger over the keyboard, and then with the same hand we touch the forehead, cheek and mouth. According to numerous studies, there are many dangerous bacteria on both the case and the tempered glass. For this reason, like the rest of the items on the list, you should wipe the entire phone with disinfectants at least two or three times a day.
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Credit cards
We use credit cards as often as a telephone (as long as the telephone does not replace a payment card). We use them when traveling or give them to the saleswoman. It is because of this that many microorganisms can be found on cards, including magnetic cards used in the office.
keys
Although we reach for keys less often than for credit cards or cell phones, we throw them in a purse or on the car seat, without thinking how many microorganisms may be there.
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Steering wheel
The steering wheel, as well as car keys, are other items on which there can be a lot of microbes. For this reason, it is worth wiping the steering wheel with a disinfectant after entering the car.
Prescription glasses and sunglasses
Sunglasses and corrective glasses should also be cleaned so that microbes responsible for causing various diseases do not multiply on them.
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Watch
A watch is another object that we often touch with our fingers or move it on our wrists. When we go to the gym or swimming pool, we leave it in the locker. For this reason, the watch should also be cleaned. The same applies to bracelets and electronic gadgets worn on the hands.
Jewelry
There are also many microbes on jewelry. This applies especially to rings, but earrings and chains should also be examined. It is worth having a special cleaning cloth in the case for glasses (corrective or sunglasses).
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