How to Disinfect a Bathroom Where Someone Was Sick

Disinfect a toilet bowl with hot water.

If you have a friend or loved one who recently threw up or got sick in your bathroom, you need to thoroughly disinfect the room. Allow disinfectant to settle into your tiles and toilet bowl before scrubbing them vigorously. Wear protective clothing, such as long sleeves and plastic gloves. Open the windows to keep the fumes from the disinfectant under control.

Things You'll Need

• Long-sleeved clothing
• Plastic gloves
• Soup pot
• Sponges
• Disinfectant
• 5-gallon plastic bucket
• Spray bottle
• Toilet scrubber

Instructions

1. Put on long-sleeved clothing and plastic gloves.

2. Place a soup pot of water on the stove and heat it until boiling. Inspect the bathroom and, with a damp sponge, wipe away the remnants of sickness and place them in the toilet. Flush the toilet.

3. Pour 1 cup of disinfectant into a 5-gallon bucket. When the water in the soup pot has boiled, pour it into the bucket. Fill the rest of the bucket with cool water. You want the water in the bucket to be hot, but not so hot that it hurts your hands.

4. Pour or spray disinfectant in the toilet bowl, bathtub and on the tile floor. Allow the cleaner to set for a few minutes.

5. Scrub the surfaces of the bathroom with a sponge soaked in the diluted disinfectant. Hot water kills germs and is the most effective way of eliminating germs. This disinfectant further eliminates germs and helps to freshen the surfaces you are scrubbing by eliminating odors. Empty the hot water into the tub, wash out the bucket and refill the bucket with disinfectant and hot water. Repeat this cleaning process twice.

References

• Good Housekeeping; "Germ-Proof Your Home"; Carolyn Forte