June 16, 2021 • 6 mins
During the past, challenging year, we’ve all developed new cleaning routines. But which ones ensure that our homes don’t just look clean, but are clean? We talk to infectious disease specialist Dr. Sandra Kesh about which practices we can skip and which to do on a regular basis. Plus: Cleaning tips from Bounty Paper Towels.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to this episode of Here's Something Good, a production
of the Seneca Women Podcast Network and I Heart Radio.
Today's episode is produced in partnership with Bounty Paper Towels.
Each day we aspire to bring you the good news,
the silver lining, the glass pathful, because there is good
happening in the world everywhere, every day. We just need
(00:27):
to look for it and share it. Here's something Good
for today. We've made it through the winter, and over
those long months at home, many of us have developed
cleaning routines that make us feel safe during these challenging times.
But now might be a great time to clear out
the clutter from those routines, because, believe it or not,
(00:49):
there are some cleaning routines you've been doing that you
can now skip, and there are others that can be
done better and easier, and the result will be a
home that not just looks clean, but actually is clean.
To find out what works, we're talking about home hygiene
today with Dr Sandra Kesh, Deputy medical director and infectious
disease specialist at the West Bed Medical Group. She's also
(01:11):
an introructor at Wild Medical College at Cornell. Here's what
Dr Cash had to say, Thanks so much for joining
us my pleasure. So we know that keeping a clean
house is important to our health and our peace of mind.
Given your expertise, what are the most problematic places in
the house. So, anywhere that you're seeing a lot of
high touch hand traffic is really going to be what
(01:34):
you want to focus on. So door knobs, handles, fawcet handles,
refrigerator door handles, anything that that you know that a
lot of different people are touching a lot of different times. Um,
those are our key areas you wanna target for cleaning, uh,
and not just cleaning occasionally, cleaning really repeatedly. Those are
the highest risk areas. UM. Shared items like towels, bathroom
(01:58):
towels in particular where people might be wiping their faces,
wiping their noses, you know, kids particularly especially if you
know that kids, you know their idea of hand hygiene
is is very different from an adult. Um, those would
be areas where you really want to focus on on regular,
more intensive cleaning efforts. What have you been doing to
(02:19):
improve your routine at home? My house hygiene regimen underwent
a complete overhaul as a result of COVID, so, so
it's probably a good thing in the long run. But
what I do is I I do a weekly kind
of more deep clean of the entire house, and then
I really do a daily wipe down of of high
traffic areas. I use in terms of cleaning ingredients, I
(02:41):
prefer to use paper towels because they are disposable, UM,
and you know, you kind of want to use a
disposable product if you are wiping up potentially infected surfaces. UM.
And then I use you know, uh, regular home cleaning products.
I worried less about bleach unless I am cleaning a
more high traffic area, and that's where I will use
(03:03):
a diluted bleach solution. UM. Nothing that's going to be
too caustic to the skin. But I wear gloves and
I and I cleaned the surfaces down and I do
that once a day. Initially it was it was a chore,
but it's really become so much of my routine now
that it's just part of my COVID regimen. Well, that
is great advice, and actually I think that people are
finding the same thing that you can almost get meditative
(03:24):
about cleaning once you get into it in our regular
cleaning routines. Is there anything that you feel like we
could skip if we needed to save some time. Yeah,
I think that, you know, the initial kind of recommendations
people made about cleaning everything out of the school bag
when the kids get home, um, cleaning things that you're
bringing in and out of the house, taking your shoes
off at the door. I think those are more remote
(03:46):
opportunities for transmission. And I think that you know, that's
the sort of thing that you could probably put by
the wayside um. Generally, any regiment that you adopt should
be something you could do regularly and completely. And so
if you have some thing that's very laborious and just
not gonna not gonna happen, I'd rather you adopt a
regiment that you can actually adhere to. That was so helpful.
(04:10):
Doctor Kesh has some great advice. So here's something good
for today. We can feel better about our homes when
we know our space is clean and safe, and it's
great to know what we should be focusing on and
what we can stop worrying about. For example, doctor Kesh
tells us we should focus our cleaning efforts on door knobs,
faucet handles, refrigerator doors, anything that gets touched a lot
(04:34):
by different people. The items that children bring home in
their school bags and even our shoes are less of
a concern. And Dr Kesh says if you get into
a cleaning routine one that fits your lifestyle, you'll be
more inclined to do it, and it always helps to
have products nearby that can help. Doctor Kesh recommends paper towels.
She likes them for cleaning because they're disposable. We like
(04:55):
them for hand drawing, too, rather than cloth towels for
the same reason. So here's a tip of Bounty paper
towels that can help make cleaning more convenient. Grab a
fresh sheet of Bounty to leave your surfaces cleaner than
used dishcloths. They hold up the tough kitchen messes and
their disposable both a very good thing. For more great
tips on how to keep your house clean, go to
(05:18):
Bounty Towels dot com. Thank you for listening, and please
share today's Something Good with others in your life. This
is Kim Azzarelli, co author of Fast Forward and co
(05:38):
founder of Seneca Women. To learn more about Seneca Women,
go to Seneca Women dot com or download the Seneca
Women app free in the app store. Care Something Good
is a production of the Seneca Women Podcast Network, and
I heart Radio have a great Day. For more podcasts
(05:59):
from i heart Radio, check out the i heart Radio app,
Apple podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
Welcome to this episode of Here's Something Good, a production
of the Seneca Women Podcast Network and I Heart Radio.
Today's episode is produced in partnership with Bounty Paper Towels.
Each day we aspire to bring you the good news,
the silver lining, the glass pathful, because there is good
happening in the world everywhere, every day. We just need
(00:27):
to look for it and share it. Here's something Good
for today. We've made it through the winter, and over
those long months at home, many of us have developed
cleaning routines that make us feel safe during these challenging times.
But now might be a great time to clear out
the clutter from those routines, because, believe it or not,
(00:49):
there are some cleaning routines you've been doing that you
can now skip, and there are others that can be
done better and easier, and the result will be a
home that not just looks clean, but actually is clean.
To find out what works, we're talking about home hygiene
today with Dr Sandra Kesh, Deputy medical director and infectious
disease specialist at the West Bed Medical Group. She's also
(01:11):
an introructor at Wild Medical College at Cornell. Here's what
Dr Cash had to say, Thanks so much for joining
us my pleasure. So we know that keeping a clean
house is important to our health and our peace of mind.
Given your expertise, what are the most problematic places in
the house. So, anywhere that you're seeing a lot of
high touch hand traffic is really going to be what
(01:34):
you want to focus on. So door knobs, handles, fawcet handles,
refrigerator door handles, anything that that you know that a
lot of different people are touching a lot of different times. Um,
those are our key areas you wanna target for cleaning, uh,
and not just cleaning occasionally, cleaning really repeatedly. Those are
the highest risk areas. UM. Shared items like towels, bathroom
(01:58):
towels in particular where people might be wiping their faces,
wiping their noses, you know, kids particularly especially if you
know that kids, you know their idea of hand hygiene
is is very different from an adult. Um, those would
be areas where you really want to focus on on regular,
more intensive cleaning efforts. What have you been doing to
(02:19):
improve your routine at home? My house hygiene regimen underwent
a complete overhaul as a result of COVID, so, so
it's probably a good thing in the long run. But
what I do is I I do a weekly kind
of more deep clean of the entire house, and then
I really do a daily wipe down of of high
traffic areas. I use in terms of cleaning ingredients, I
(02:41):
prefer to use paper towels because they are disposable, UM,
and you know, you kind of want to use a
disposable product if you are wiping up potentially infected surfaces. UM.
And then I use you know, uh, regular home cleaning products.
I worried less about bleach unless I am cleaning a
more high traffic area, and that's where I will use
(03:03):
a diluted bleach solution. UM. Nothing that's going to be
too caustic to the skin. But I wear gloves and
I and I cleaned the surfaces down and I do
that once a day. Initially it was it was a chore,
but it's really become so much of my routine now
that it's just part of my COVID regimen. Well, that
is great advice, and actually I think that people are
finding the same thing that you can almost get meditative
(03:24):
about cleaning once you get into it in our regular
cleaning routines. Is there anything that you feel like we
could skip if we needed to save some time. Yeah,
I think that, you know, the initial kind of recommendations
people made about cleaning everything out of the school bag
when the kids get home, um, cleaning things that you're
bringing in and out of the house, taking your shoes
off at the door. I think those are more remote
(03:46):
opportunities for transmission. And I think that you know, that's
the sort of thing that you could probably put by
the wayside um. Generally, any regiment that you adopt should
be something you could do regularly and completely. And so
if you have some thing that's very laborious and just
not gonna not gonna happen, I'd rather you adopt a
regiment that you can actually adhere to. That was so helpful.
(04:10):
Doctor Kesh has some great advice. So here's something good
for today. We can feel better about our homes when
we know our space is clean and safe, and it's
great to know what we should be focusing on and
what we can stop worrying about. For example, doctor Kesh
tells us we should focus our cleaning efforts on door knobs,
faucet handles, refrigerator doors, anything that gets touched a lot
(04:34):
by different people. The items that children bring home in
their school bags and even our shoes are less of
a concern. And Dr Kesh says if you get into
a cleaning routine one that fits your lifestyle, you'll be
more inclined to do it, and it always helps to
have products nearby that can help. Doctor Kesh recommends paper towels.
She likes them for cleaning because they're disposable. We like
(04:55):
them for hand drawing, too, rather than cloth towels for
the same reason. So here's a tip of Bounty paper
towels that can help make cleaning more convenient. Grab a
fresh sheet of Bounty to leave your surfaces cleaner than
used dishcloths. They hold up the tough kitchen messes and
their disposable both a very good thing. For more great
tips on how to keep your house clean, go to
(05:18):
Bounty Towels dot com. Thank you for listening, and please
share today's Something Good with others in your life. This
is Kim Azzarelli, co author of Fast Forward and co
(05:38):
founder of Seneca Women. To learn more about Seneca Women,
go to Seneca Women dot com or download the Seneca
Women app free in the app store. Care Something Good
is a production of the Seneca Women Podcast Network, and
I heart Radio have a great Day. For more podcasts
(05:59):
from i heart Radio, check out the i heart Radio app,
Apple podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
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