How to remain disease-free in dorms

College dorms are not clean. They are full of dirt, grim, mold sometimes, and people, people with germs. Dorms harvest disease and the possibility of illness, taking away precious learning opportunities and memories of going out with friends.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Disinfectent wipes
• Airborne or Emergen-C
• Shower sandals
• Baking Soda

1. 
    

   Atleast once per week use disinfectent wipes on door knobs, desk space (especially the computer keyboard), food area, and any other perpetually dirty or communal area. Germs cause many illnesses that can be easily avoided by simple cleaning. Disinfectent wipes are easy and effective, have your mom or dad send some up in a package, or hit up a local Target, Walmart, Kmart, CVS, grocery store, etc. Any of these places will for sure have these, and ladies, some come in scents that can make your college abode especially fresh.

2. 
    

   Use Airborne and/or Emergen-C once a week, preferrably before going to bed on nights that you will be getting 8 or more hours of sleep. Twice a week is cool too. The main component here is the sleep, amp up your body with get better vitamins etc. and then rest on it, you'll wake-up feeling like a new person, even if you aren't sick. Emergen-C comes in Costco/Sam's Club size packs and various flavors so stock up.

3. 
    

   When showering, be sure to use shower shoes. Communal bathrooms= bacteria, athlete's foot, warts, who knows, so don't take chances, wear shower sandals. Plus, if you shower before class in the morning, you already have shoes covered once you're out, so just throw on clothes.

4. 
    

   This one might not apply to everyone, but, if you have a fridge, keep it clean. Food can get moldy and icky and before you know it you have food poisoning. So keep a little dixie cup, or something similar, in the fridge to keep it fresh and clean and throw out stuff if it's been in there for a while. Try and follow the one week rule, if it's been in there a week, you're probably not going to eat it, so throw it away and save yourself from the stench and/or sickness.

Tips & Warnings

• Cleaning isn't fun, but take the time to do it. You'll be thankful when it's finals or midterms and your healthy. Friday afternoons, when most students end class earlier than other days, is a good time to do all of this. Sundays are also a great choice, it depends mostly on your weekend schedule-- dorm parties, going out of town, etc.
• You may still get sick, sleep plays a huge role as well, so trying to get a couple solids nights a week is a godd idea. So is napping, in between classes, before going out, just be sure to set an alarm.