Disinfecting a kitchen

[kerryob]

I've had norovirus which I've passed onto my DH, tonight he has managed to throw up in the middle of the kitchen. How do I disinfect everything? Should I just use neat dettol? Annoyingly I had washing hanging up in the room as well, can I wash them with dettol too? Is it safe to wash plates in?

Hate this virus

Oh man, I sympathise! Norovirus is horrible, hope you all feel better really soon.

I'd use bleach over Dettol, and put the washing on a hot cycle (ditto for any bedding you've used while you've been ill). If you have a dishwasher, chuck as much as you can in there on a hot wash. Milton liquid/fizzy tablets is also really good for killing germs and sterilising stuff.

Forgot to say, if you don't have a dishwasher just wash everything up in really hot soapy water. I wouldn't use Dettol for that but it might be ok?

Ugh my DH did the same bloody thing with noro two weeks ago - puked in the kitchen sink .

I dettolled everything straight away and bleached the sink. I threw away wooden chopping boards and tea towels / dish clothes / scrubbing brushes in vicinity of sink.

I still caught it. Sorry.

Ooh Milton good idea, we don't have a dishwasher (ooh how I wished we had one right now!)

Oh I see you already had it...are there many others in house who are still at risk?

I've passed onto to him

Just the two of us thankfully, have banned family from coming over

chlorine bleach kills the Norovirus.

Is there a way to,disinfect clothes?

For the plates, you could put them in sink and then pour over water from just boiled kettle.

Clothes, there is a dettol laundry cleanser you can put in the final rinse. Don't know if it really does anything but it claims to. Wash at as high a temp as possible. If oen or two items are worst you could soak them in a bucket with more concentrated solution of the laundry cleanser.

You need to wash clothes on the highest setting possible....bit of a problem with modern textiles!

I don't think Dettol works against norovirus and you may just end up spreading it around more. Bleach or high temperature washing are best. It's also highly airborne - you can get it by being near someone when they vomit.

How long can it live on things? If you have both already had it and avoid others visiting for a few days then maybe cleaning and general sanitising would do rather than having to kill it all? Just wondering.

And chuck your toothbrushes!

Good luck.