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When cleaning after someone has been ill with enterovirus infection, do we need to disinfect the whole room or just the things they may have touched?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Cleaning: When someone is sick with viral infection, it's a good idea to clean the room totally. That's using a good product like clorox wipes to clean and disinfect the surfaces and wash bedding in hot water. This will decrease the transmission if disease. Good luck!
Answered 12/23/2014
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Clean everywhere: You should disinfect the whole room, since you may not know for sure what the person may or may not have touched. Enteroviruses can spread easily so it's not worth taking the chance.
Answered 8/9/2014
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