Did you know that the average bathroom contains thousands of germs and viruses including the Rhinovirus, responsible for colds and flu and E.coli which can cause serious diarrhoea and stomach upsets.
But it takes just a few basic precautions to keep you and your family safe from infection.
Children need to be taught and encouraged to wash their hands every time they pay a visit to the bathroom. It can be a good idea to replace bars of soap with liquid soap dispensers. There is some evidence that suggests that using liquid soap dispenseres can reduce the risk of spreading infection. But children really enjoy using liquid soap dispensers so replacing your old bars of soap with these can help encourage them to wash their hands.
Pay some attention to the manner in which you store your family toothbrushes. Cramming them all together is a bad idea as this can spread oral infection. And its important that they are stored well away from places where they may be contaminated with splashes. Everyone should each have their own toothbrush and, ideally, these should be stored in a bathroom cabinet. Its also important to ensure that your family toothbrushes are changed at least every three months.
Wet bathroom towels are another way in which infection can be carried from one person to another. If you can you need to restrict the amount of towel sharing that takes place. Although this can be difficult to do in a family, ideally everyone should use their own towels. After use towels should be hung to dry and never stacked on top of one another. They should be washed regularly using a detergent that will kill germs.
If you are considering a bathroom makeover select a bathroom suite that will be easy to clean. This means selecting a simple design without nooks and crannies where germs can flourish.
You really need to give your bathroom a once-over clean every day but then give it a thorough top to botton clean at least once a week, depending upon how busy it is. Make certain that your family know that they should flush the toilet with the toilet seat cover in the closed position. This is because flushing throws tiny droplets of polluted water into the bathroom atmosphere and these can carry all sorts of nasty bugs.
I hope that these simple suggestions have provided some ideas that will help you to keep your family bathroom safe.
