AIBU - just saw my cleaner clean the loo with a cloth and then use it in another room on my bath!

[Janus]

Was talking to my cleaner as I usually change beds etc while she's here, went to talk in one bathroom and she was cleaning the loo with a bright orange cloth.
Went downstairs to make us tea, she's now in out ensuite and using the same cloth on our bath. I cannot be 100% sure as we have 2 of these cloths in the bag but I will look later to see if the other one has been used.
She comes from an agency so I can just ring the agency and cancel her.
I am a spineless twat and should probably just go up and ask her though shouldn't I? I have clearly told her to use one cloth in each bathroom as we have 4 kids and there's always some virus lurking but she thinking of it she can't do that because there's only ever 2 cloths out out to be washed.
I feel slightly ill.
Someone help me phrase it so I don't sound rude??

Do you really think it's overly fussy to use the same cloth you wipe the toilet with ? It's really, really basic hygiene.

Me, dame ?

No, I don't think that particular practice is overly fussy. Some of the other stuff described on this thread is a complete waste of a life though.

I don't imagine my headstone would have the inscription "she kept a meticulously clean house" and that is fine by me

Don't worry, you won't see me on some horrid Channel 5 programme entitled "look at these dirty houses" but I think I do assign it a healthy amount of headspace. Some of the stuff described here does not sound healthy.

Third world problems

Do you mean first world problem?

meh I use the same cloth for everything. Taps and sink first, then the bath, then the loo and it gets washed on a 90c cycle with all the cloths, drying rags etc.

Its like people having separate top and tail bowls when ideally you clean the face then use the water to clean the arse.

Ditto in the shower! I use the flannel for my face, then body, then arse. It isn't difficult.

Colour coded cloths is a faff. Just do the cleaning in the right order and you wont 'cross contaminate'

Mmmm, I am not a germ freak but even I use separate gloves for the toilet (I do not use a cloth; I use a toilet brush on the bowl and then use toilet paper and cleaning product to clean the outside the toilet--it can then be flushed).

More and more public loos provide disposal toilet seat covers and/or wipes so you can clean the seat yourself before use.

But the vast majority don't, so the question how the ultra-fussy people on here cope still stands.

I would be more concerned with all the chemicals used than the bacteria in the home.
I don't use sprays and lots of cleaning products. Hot soapy water, some disinfectant and cloths that get washed is all that's needed.
We get ripped off by manufacturers of cleaning products who create paranoia about germs and bacteria.
My grandmother used strong soaps and hot water and none of her 7 children died of infections. None of them had asthma either.

One colour cloth for the toilet & a different colour cloth for the basin. 2 different clothes + duster for the mirror - not hard. Poor show on the Agency if she doesn't know this. If you want your Cleaner to use separate cloths for each bathroom then you need to make it clear. You pay for this service so, you need to state exactly what you want.

YANBU I cut up the kids worn out pjs for bathroom/downstairs loo cleaning cloths. When I'm done with everything else I clean the loo last and the cloth goes in the bin!

The NHS checklist posted by Mary nary refers to the "cloth" used to clean bathroom and toilet. Singular, not plural. And not colour coded.

We have a 'pink for sink, blue for loo' motto here. Sink and bath fall under the same category though.

YANBU I clean the toilet last, and then bin the cloth. Surely it's the same as doing dishes? Cleanest item first?

Blue for the loo
Pink for the sink

And I have yellow for the kitchen.

We have a 'pink for sink and blue for loo' rule here. We have a non English cleaner ( she has a good but not great command of English).

Just buy v cheap J cloths (pack of 20 for 50p). Clean everything else first then the loo and chuck it away.

Maybe I'm just really odd, but if you're cleaning the loo every day then makes more sense for her to use NO cloths on the loo. Bleach or whatever in the bowl, brush to get invisible dirt off...use toilet paper, which is flushable and adequate with cleaning products, for the rest of the loo. The wipes aren't flushable and just cause a lot more problems. That being said, if she doesn't get why poo germs shouldn't be where your toothbrushes are...

Don't ever go on holiday. My first job was working as a cleaner in a well known holiday site. I had 16 chalets and was provided with 3 cloths! These were supposed to last a few days. It was minging and I was constantly being asked why I needed more by my supervisor.
I kept one cloth totally seperate for the dishes, one for the main room and one for the bathrooms(leaving the toilets until last. . Not everyone was as careful.
I only stayed for a couple of months.

The NHS checklist posted by Mary nary refers to the "cloth" used to clean bathroom and toilet. Singular, not plural. And not colour coded.

Yep, fine if you do the loo last then bung it in a hot wash- giving it a quick spray with some any bac won't cut it.

I was traumatised by the French and Saunders Hotel Maids sketch where Jennifer cleans the loo with a cloth, then cleans all the toothbrushes with it as well! I have never had a cleaner although definitely need one - too scared!

I can't believe so many of you throw away a cloth just because its been used to clean the loo.

Hot wash - 90c - plus detergent and if you are squeamish it soaking in a bucket with a bit of dettol before hand will do the job of killing the majority of bacteria. The heat is essential more than anything.

hot soapy water and wearing thicker rubber gloves so the water can be hotter than you can usually is enough to clean every surface.

this is from the FSA www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/cloths.pdf

Screen grab for those who can do links.

^If using re-usable cloths, make sure they are thoroughly
washed, disinfected and dried properly between tasks
(not just when they look dirty).
Ideally, wash cloths in a washing machine on a very hot cycle.
A suitably high temperature can be obtained using a hot cycle
of 90°C.
If you wash and disinfect cloths by hand, make sure all the
food and dirt has been removed by washing in hot soapy
water before you disinfect them. After washing, you can
disinfect by using boiling water or a disinfectant, following
the manufacturer’s instructions.^

and here www.nhs.uk/Livewell/homehygiene/Pages/food-and-home-hygiene-facts.aspx

^Kitchen sink squalor
Most people think of the toilet as the most contaminated part of the house, but in fact the kitchen sink typically contains 100,000 times more germs than a bathroom or lavatory.^

So if a good 90c wash is good enough for busy kitchens to prevent bacteria spread its going to be good enough for loo cloths! Stop being so paranoid about germs

Just do all sinks bath shower etc then all toilet seats lids and finally the rim of the toilets then put on high temp wash.

italics fail. Sorry!

I wash cloths and put them on the line so that sunlight helps destroy germs.

Usually on 40 degrees.

I can't remember having a stomach bug or anyone in my family having one either.

But I first clean the loo with a brush and bleach or cleaner. Wipe the seats and top bits with cleaner and loo roll, finish off with a cloth, which is then washed. So the cloth doesn't make too much contact with germs on the loo.

Gah, I'm not exactly Miss Super Hygiene, but the only place a cloth should go after cleaning a toilet is straight knto the wash.

When I do clean my house (which is rarely as i have a cleaner, who I hope does the same as me!) I leave the loos until the last. So in each bathroom i clean the sink, bath, shower etc and spray the loo, and then lastly I go back round and clean each toilet.