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Between cold and flu season and preparing for holiday houseguests, the end of the year can bring a lot of extra cleaning and disinfecting. With just a few tweaks to your usual cleaning routine, you can take a step back and enjoy a moment of Zen in your safely disinfected home before the doorbell rings.
A recent survey of Black millennial women revealed that 78% use disinfectants to make them feel safer during cold and flu season − and half have increased how often they clean high-use areas like doorknobs and handles, toilets, tables, kitchen counters, and cell phones.* While confidence levels were high in feeling knowledgeable about the techniques most effective in killing germs, there a lot of cleaning myths that can cause confusion.
Dr. Eva Beaulieu, a board-certified internal medicine hospitalist, shares why smart disinfection is so important during cold and flu season.