Pandemic Precautions: Keep Your Household Safe

The possibility of getting sick from covid is a constant fear for many Americans.

Testing positive could mean losing precious time at work, getting your friends and family sick, or (in the worst-case scenario) ending up hospitalized.

Your home is supposed to be your haven, and we at Savant Realty Group want to help you keep it that way. 

This blog post will go over different ways to help you safeguard your home from the ongoing Covid Pandemic.  

Hand Sanitizers and Disinfectant Wipes 

When the first shutdown happened at the top of 2020, getting your hands on hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes was next to impossible. If that time has taught us anything, it's that you mustn't wait until another outbreak to try and stock up on these types of essentials. 

Instead, start grabbing these items little by little as you pick up your groceries.

This way, you can start placing them in high-traffic areas of your home for guests and members can use. 

The best places to place these items:

1. Front Door 
2. Kitchen
3. Living Room
4. Bathrooms 
5. Game Rooms/Media Rooms 

However, you are the best person to decide which rooms in your home are considered "high-traffic." Whichever those are for you, have a designated space for hand sanitizer/disinfectant wipes. 

Pro-tip: Put a rubber band under the pump of your hand sanitizer to make the contents last longer. 

Also, provide your family with personal hand sanitizers that they can use throughout their day. Having one will help them protect themselves outside the home. 

High Touch Surfaces 

Cleaning surfaces and areas considered "high-touch" is a surefire way to reduce the chance of the covid virus entering your home. 

These surfaces are notorious for transmitting the covid between individuals due to the virus's ability to stay on these surfaces between 3 hours to 3 days (source).

Taking the time to make sure that these surfaces get wiped down regularly can reduce the chance of covid infecting your family in the home. 

High-touch Surfaces:

• Light-switches 
• Remotes
• Toilets
• Tables/Countertops/Desks
• Faucets
• Doorknobs/handles

Use The Right Products 

Not every cleaning product is made the same. 

With the pandemic, almost every company is making claims that their product "kills the germs that cause the COVID-19 virus." And honestly, many are working to make sure that claim rings true. 

However, some just work better than others, and we have to make sure that you put your money into items that work. So here's a list of cleaning products that are proven to remove the COVID-19 virus from your home (source):  

• Clorox Disinfecting Wipes
• Lysol Disinfectant Spray 
• Lysol Disinfecting Wipes
• Lysol Disinfectant Max Cover Mist

If you can't get your hands on any of these, the CDC advises using a bleach-based solution to help you disinfect your home (source). 

Never mix bleach with ammonia. Instead, dilute it to make it safer to use on your countertops and around your family. 

Rules 

All these products and tricks are super helpful, but they're more effective when you get those in your home (and who frequently enter it) on the same page.  

Set strict rules for them so that you can keep each other safe. 

Members of Your Home

• Use personal sanitizer throughout the school/work day. 
• Stay six feet away from others
• Avoid crowds
• Wash hands regularly
• Keep masks on 
• Avoid borrowing items

Extended Family

• Mask up in your home if they're not fully vaccinated 
• Mandatory use of hand sanitizer when entering the home 
• Cover coughs and sneezes (you know those that don't)
• Let them know where all the sanitizer and wipes are if they need to use them. 

Conclusion

Yes, the pandemic may be a constant worry with its waves and variants, but we can protect our family, friends, and ourselves by being proactive. 

Using the suggestions above, you can immensely reduce the chance of Covid affecting the people who matter most when they're in your household. 

In the comments, let us know what tips and tricks you use to keep your home safe from the COVID-19 virus.