Separate antibacterial sprays for different areaS..

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Just hoping the wise ones can shed some light. Person A believes that any tools and sprays used in a bathroom area, should only be used in those areas. Otherwise there’s a risk of cross contamination.

Person B believes sprays can be taken out of the bathroom, and used all over this house, even in food prep areas like the kitchen. Person B will argue the liquid in the spray bottle is a disinfectant and won’t be affected by having primarily already been used in the bathroom.

I’m with person A, it’s easier, cleaner and safer to just have specific sprays for designated areas. Person A is also the one that does the majority of the cleaning anyway.

We have separate sprays because then we don't need to carry them from A to B.
Whoever is doing the cleaning gets the final say.

this sounds madness, a spray is a spray it wont be contaiminated by using the same on in the bathroom then in the kitchen

I have separate sprays just for convenience so keep one in the bathroom and one in the kitchen. But there is no reason why you can't use the same spray everywhere.

I couldn't be arsed even thinking about it. For ease we have separate spray in bathroom so we don't have to bring it upstairs and downstairs but definitely not cos of any 'cross-contamination'. And I do use it in the other upstairs rooms sometimes when needed. How is the antibacterial spray inside the bottle going to be contaminated?

I generally have separate bottles in separate rooms, for convenience rather than worry about cross contamination between bottles. But - if I've run out of spray in the kitchen for example and I need to "borrow" the one from the kitchen, I wouldn't think twice about doing that.
And I'm someone who is quite wary of contamination and germ. My logic is that I'll be wiping the counter with bleach spray anyway, before putting the bottle away in the cupboard or taking it back to the bathroom, thereby killing any germs that might have got onto the kitchen counter where the spray bottle was placed. 🤷‍♀️

I meant borrow the one from the bathroom 😂

Interesting points.
The spray has been used all over the toilet, and Person B, who doesn’t usually clean anyway, used it to clean the food caddy and food prep areas. Even more bizarrely, they avoided using any of the cleaning materials from the very well stocked kitchen cleaning cupboard and argued that nothing in there was appropriate to use (imo this only highlights how alien cleaning is to them in the first place, which makes it even more bizarre that they’re being so inflexible over this)

Person A is batshit. "Cross - contamination"?!?!?

i buy multi purpose spray but would use a bathroom spray in a kitchen.

I don't think "cross contamination" is a thing (in this context). But if Person A does most of the cleaning then I guess they can do what they like and it doesn't really matter what Person B thinks.

I have a separate spray in the bathroom for convenience but not for concern over cross contamination and I would use it in other rooms at times

No need to segregate the sprays.The reasons I might are if a spray had a strong scent that one wouldn't want in a kitchen and /or I would rarely use anti bacterial spray in the kitchen where there is easy access to hot water and washing up liquid.We currently have a dog so I am a bit more liberal with sprays etc.

We have separate sprays purely cause I like a more kitchenny smell in the bathroom like a citrus or disinfectant and the bathroom more of a nice scented smell like linen.

Also keep the bathroom ones in the bathroom and the kitchen ones under sink. Nothing to do with cross contamination thought.

I meant kitchenny smell in the kitchen!

I wouldn't be bothered about a spray bottle.

I'd normally have separate rubber gloves though - wouldn't really want to wash up wearing gloves that had been used to clean the toilet!

So I'm with Person B on the spray bottle but I can see where person A is coming from

Haha looks like my view isn’t the popular one! I just thought the bottle would be contaminated and would prefer to keep bathroom / kitchen cleaning stuff separate to be on the safe side 🤷‍♀️ Oh well, looks like I won’t share this thread with person b after all 😂

Presumably when the spray was used to clean the toilet it was just held near the toilet and sprayed, rather than the outside of the bottle physically touching the toilet?? In which case, I'm struggling to see how germs could have been transferred on the surface of the bottle?

I have different sprays in different areas for convenience but if the kitchen one ran out I would use the bathroom one no problem. I'm not sure where the cross contamination could come from?

Unless you're using Toilet Duck and a toilet brush to clean the oven, I don't see the problem.
😂

I'm with you/person A - there's no way I'm spraying down my toilet and then taking the bottle into the kitchen and spraying in there.

I have separate bottles of sprays/cleaning fluids for bathroom and kitchen, but that's only for convenience, not for any risk of cross contamination.

That's just daft.

@Dogtooth makes a good point about bodies moving between rooms.

OP - surely you are just as likely to carry "toilet germs" from the bathroom to the kitchen on your clothing, as much as on a plastic bottle?

there's no way I'm spraying down my toilet and then taking the bottle into the kitchen and spraying in there.

But why? Are you worried about backwash or something?

The only thing I wouldn't do is put a spray bottle that had been on say a bathroom floor on a kitchen worktop.

But if you are going to spray with one hand and wipe with the other there shouldn't be any contamination.

That said, I keep antibacterial sprays to a minimum where I can. If it's not heavily contaminated or you won't be eating or preparing food on it, it doesn't need anti-backing.