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.

yabu to use spray in the first place. they are awful for lungs.
but anyway. it's the same stuff, just different bottle.

Sprays I have no issue with - though the smells might not quite sit right with me.
But you also mention tools. If I wipe down the bathroom with a cloth I wouldn't then use it on the kitchen work surfaces.

<Person freezes mid step, spends the afternoon stuck, worrying about cross contamination>

If I wipe down the bathroom with a cloth I wouldn't then use it on the kitchen work surfaces.

Of course. I assumed this went without saying. But the actual bottle itself? I'm very germ / contamination conscious, and even I'm struggling with how that's anymore of a cross contamination risk than the person themselves moving from the bathroom to the kitchen...

I assume person A also has a change of clothes after using the loo in case they are contaminated

I've read some stupid things on here and this goes into that category

Please explain how this contaminatiom process actually might occur

Does person A still wash their shopping and stand outside the supermarket blue rolling their trolley?

@Cuck00soup yup it had been on the bathroom floor

and exactly, whilst I do tend to use antibacterial sprays in the bathroom, the kitchen I try and avoid them and wash down surfaces to avoid ingesting chemicals

points taken, seems I may be a little too cautious about spreading germs. However I really couldn’t bring myself to use the same spray that’s been used all over and down the toilet, in my kitchen - makes me feel very icky - can’t help it

What you need is a separate antibacterial spray to ‘decontaminate’ your antibacterial spray.

Unfortunately, that too will then also need its own antibacterial spray. Which in turn...

I’m with you op bathroom sprays doesn’t get used anywhere else

whats going to contaminate it?
shite particles, if you think this then you have bigger issues

I have separate cleaning materials for the kitchen and each bathroom, and I would feel ick-y using them elsewhere (particularly loo and kitchen).

😂

So should I be decontaminating my partner when he's finished in the toilet and before he comes down for coffee in the morning? Are we talking full hazmat here or will a spray of Zoflora do the trick?

@DomesticShortHair 😂

I think YABU because you've fallen into the traps of believe it you have to buy antibacterial products for your home. What you need is a cloth, and hot soapy water. Wiping surfaces with hot soapy water then leaving them to dry - NOT rinsing them with plain water - is as effective as buying antibacterial sprays. These products state they kill 99% of germs, but so does Washing up liquid and hot water!
I use one cloth for the bathroom - clean the shower, sink, mirror, tiles then finally toilet (also use bleach and a toilet brush for the bowl) then that cloth gets rinsed in very hot water and thrown in the washing machine. Same for the kitchen. I cant remember the last time any of us had upset tummies!!

LTB. For your own safety. Quick, before it’s too late.

Person A (and the totally separate OP) sound quite highly strung.

Of course the internal contents of a plastic cleaning bottle has not been tainted by its geographical location and brief proximity to a toilet.

I can’t work out if this is neuroticism or a lack of common sense.

However I really couldn’t bring myself to use the same spray that’s been used all over and down the toilet, in my kitchen - makes me feel very icky - can’t help it

But it's been (presumably) held at a distance away from the toilet and sprayed at it? Therefore no physical contact between toilet and outside of bottle? Unless germs can jump from the toilet to the bottle (which I genuinely don't think they can), how can they get onto the bottle when it's being held near the toilet and sprayed?

Who cares? If someone else is cleaning leave them to crack on with it.

OP - is it the internal contents of the bottle that you believe might be contaminated by proximity to the toilet, or the outside plastic of the bottle?

@Soontobe60 def food for thought - any particular brand of house cleaning soap you’d recommend? And how effective on limescale?

@lancsgirl85 the plastic bottle - but also what if there’s been blowback onto the nozzle when it’s been sprayed down the toilet?

I presume you're someone who doesn't keep their toothbrush anywhere in the bathroom because of poo particles?

Unless someone is weeing in the spray while it’s it the bathroom then spraying it in the kitchen, I can’t see an issue with using the same product.

@lancsgirl85 When I use it, no it’s not touched the toilet. When person b uses it on the other hand…
person b also until recently used to dispose of uneaten food and cat fur down the toilet…they only stopped when I asked a plumber to explain about the risk of blockages to them and explained they’d have to foot the bill

person b also until recently used to dispose of uneaten food and cat fur down the toilet

Blimey, every day's a school day on here.