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Disinfecting surfaces

2020-05-20 03:54:02
I would like to know how can we disinfect surfaces specially medicine bought, vegetables and food packets. Can sanitisers work on medicine strips and food packets made from cardboard and plastics?
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Vegetables should be washed in water for atleast 10 mins or you may let them sit in water for a hour Wash the food packets with soap and water or just disinfect  them with a sanitizer same goes with the medicine strips Avoid touching any external surface such as gates door knobs etc Don't shake hands or have physical contact with any other person
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Wear maks while going outside and Carry a bottle of sanitizer with you Don't go out unecssarily until it's urgent

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Hello, 1. Wash all Vegetables and fruits thoroughly under running water for a minute. Wash your own hands with soap and water immediately afterwards. 2. For surfaces like medicine strips and boxes Alcohol based sanitizer with atleast 70% alcohol is effective. 3. For other household surfaces you can use diluted bleach( sodium hypochlorite) or surface disinfectants commercially available. Thank you! Stay safe! 

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Wash vegetables in warm water. Just wash anything washable in running water like plastic food packets .

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Vegetables with warm salt water.Medicines by sanitizer

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