General Chat

Yes using dettol spray and kitchen paper on plastin stuf and also the mail and any other paper that comes into the house is picked up by gloved hands and a quick wipe with disinfectant (yes, wrinked paper). A carcboard box from Amazon for Oh yesterday got put in the conservatory and sprayed with dettol and left for 5/6 hours before opening the outer box with gloves. Apparently the virus can live on cardboard for 24 hours but not as long on paper (post etc_. Veg like courgettes and bananas, oranges I wash in soapy (washing up liquid) water and then rinse in hot water and dry with kitchen towel Veg in plastic I wash the plastic or wipe with disinfectant and then just wash as normal when the wrapping comes off. The problem is we don't actually know do we? We can only do our best.

Had a Sainsbury’s delivery yesterday evening and wiped down every outer container with a wipe

After putting it all away did a big hand wash and then a hand wipe with sanitizer wipes

Was speaking to daughter later on and she said mum you are getting paranoid ,!

But she also said she is she doesn’t want to go out at all as it frightens her

She is vulnerable having been through Hodgkin’s lymphoma and been left with peripheral nerve damage from the drugs

Her hubby is a lorry driver and still working and being over careful at every drop and pick up. .he is away all week and as soon as he came in last evening he stripped off and his clothes were in the washing machine and he was in the shower

He has to work as he won’t get paid if he doesn’t but too his loads are needed to keep businesses working .

Not to forget Kim and Saggie Dermot :-D

'pay attention to the keyholes lovie'

But Dermot, how do you know that we all ain't Mrs Buckets? :-D

Mrs Bucket would be proud of you all. :-D

We've just started wiping things down with Dettol Spray or Dettol surface wipes before putting them away and being more careful about washing veg. Only started doing this since watching something on TV saying that although the risk from these items is very, very low it's worth doing it just to be on the safe side. Anything that helps get through this crisis quicker is worth a try.

Kath. x

I am leaving everything in the front porch and using anti-bac wipes on one item at a time before carrying them through to cupboard/fridge/freezer.

I open things like sugar etc and pour the contents into a plastic tub before ditching the packaging.

What is everyone doing with fruit? I am anti-bac wiping bananas before rinsing them but only rinsing apples, pears, grapes etc three times as Inormally do. Unusually for me, I am peeling pears before eating them.

I am sending ecards instead of proper cards.

I hate getting mail now. I use a tissue to hold envelope while I open it, peek inside and if it's a catalogue both go straight into the bin. If it's something important I get a wipe and do front and back of each page. I have a few wrinkly pages but, hey, they match OH and me! :-D

That's what we're doing Gwyn. Fresh fruit and veg stays outside.
With existing health issues you can't be too careful - as tedious as it is :-\

I have milk delivered in glass bottles and have recently started to wipe them over with a piece of kitchen roll wet with Dettol Anti Bac spray. before putting in fridge.

When daughter went shopping this week, she did the same for plastic wrapped items before they too were put in fridge.
Other items stayed in their shopping bags out of the way for a couple of days, before storing away.

I’m not, but I have just washed the kitchen floor but only the round mats not under them. :-D

…. or just sensible?
Is anyone else swabbing down everything that comes into the house?