Different studies and researches have shown that novel coronavirus that causes the respiratory disease known as COVID-19 is able to survive on some surfaces for up to nine days- and that may include your beloved phones.
According to a Deloitte study, a person probably checks his Smartphone phone more than 50 times in a day. This is the device you handle constantly and often press to the side of your face. It means that any bacteria, virus or other gems that make its way onto your phone or case could easily transfer to your skin.
Even, cell phones carry 10 times more bacteria than toilet seats, mainly because the toilet seat is typically cleaned more frequently while personal electronics are overlooked.
No doubt, the questions about cleaning and disinfecting to prevent and contain the coronavirus- there are so much missing and wrong information going around. Here, advice has become overwhelming. But, you will get the solution here.
First, there is a general advice, as the novel coronavirus is spreading, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent and WHO are advising people to wash their hands often and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces and be aware of your information and news sources. Keeping our phone clean is also very important. But be careful when doing so to avoid damaging your device.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a spike in sales of products, including hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and pasta. We frequently wash our hands to keep ourselves and our loved ones from passing the virus, but what about cleaning your phone? The good news is that disinfecting your electronic device has officially become easier. Let’s check how:
In this modern era, our phone is like a third hand because we constantly touch it. We take our phones out to eat, on the train, and to the bathroom. That’s why; phones carry more 17, 00 bacterial gene copies each.
If you touch your phone after touching a public door handle or grocery cart, you may immediately clean your phone with rubbing alcohol. Don’t. Straight alcohol can strip the oleophobic and hydrophobic coatings that keep oil and water from damaging your simply and other port.
Spray a nonabrasive or alcohol-based disinfectant directly on a soft lint-free cloth and wipe down your device when it is unplugged. Another option of cleaning is to invest in a UV light likes a PhoneSoap.
It is difficult to prevent fingerprint smudges from the phone. Every time, we pick up our phone, it gets fingerprints all over it. Cleaning your screen with a microfiber cloth can work. If the screen is in desperate need of cleaning, use distilled water to dampen the microfiber cloth and then wipe down your screen.
Lint and sand easily get stuck in the small ports of your phone and in the creases where the screen meets the body. The best solution is to remove sand is Scotch tape. You can lay it along the creases and speakers, and roll it up and gently place it in the ports.
When you have a full face of makeup and you are going to make a call, what that foundation is about to stick to? Your phone screen when you use makeup remover to take off your makeup, you must not use it as a phone cleaner. Instead, get your phone its makeup remover. Using a damp microfiber cloth to clean the phone is also a good idea.
In case, your phone is water-resistant and is rated for IP67 and above, you can rinse it with water. Still, it is a better idea to use a damp or wet cloth to clean your phone and then try it with a dry, soft cloth to remove the water.
If you need to sanitize your iPhone, Apple says it is completely safe it wipe down hard, nonporous surfaces like its screen with Clorox Disinfectant Wipe or alcohol wipe. Do never submerge your phone in a cleaning product and be careful to avoid getting moisture in any openings, like the charging port.
Do you wash your hands every time you touch your nose or something unhygienic? Keep hands clean and disinfected and then your phone will pretty much stay clean and disinfected.
It includes thinking twice before taking the phone to the bathroom.
Bottom Line
Keeping your computers, laptops and mobile devices wiped down can go a long way in reducing the number of germs that get spread about your house.
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