DP is a nurse and is due to move onto a covid ward next week. I'm pregnant and asthmatic, so obviously we're trying to minimise risk to me as well as the rest of the family. I can't move out, all family around here are health care workers for elderly people so likely carriers.
Our house is full, with grown up kids and a 5yo. One bathroom. We do have a room for the baby coming, which I don't need yet as will co-sleep. So I was thinking DP could sleep in there for now. We'll have to have disinfectant in the bathroom and after DP uses it she'll have to clean it down.
She already comes home after shift to the door nearest the washing machine, strips down in front of it, washes hands and goes straight up to shower. I was thinking then of also disinfecting everything she's touched on the way in and upstairs.
Does disinfectant work? If so, what do I need to look out for for an effective one?
Can anyone suggest anything else we can do to keep us safe? There's a significant risk to her, as some other colleagues on the ward have been seriously ill with it and there's been a number of patient deaths. Obviously there's not much more she can do to keep herself safe beyond the measures her employer provide, but she's keen to not infect the household where possible.
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CertainGecko · 13/04/2020 21:44
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