How to Clean a Medicine Cabinet

It is important to clean out your medicine cabinets at least once a year. Not only does it help organize things, but it is important to go through any excess and unnecessary medications that should not be lying around or are outdated. The following will help you spring-clean your medicine cabinet.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• bucket of warm soapy water
• rags
• trash bag

1. Remove all contents from the cabinet.
2. Throw away any extra medications that you or others in your family no longer take or need.
3. Throw away empty containers.
4. Read the expiration dates and discard if necessary (even suntan lotion expires so check it all).
5. Combine duplicate items. There is no need to waste space on 4 bottles of aspirin.
6. Throw away improperly-stored items.
7. Categorize all the items that are remaining.
8. Wipe the inside of the medicine cabinets with warm soapy water.
9. Dry thoroughly.
10. Restock the cabinet by categories.
11. Keep 10 percent of the cabinet empty for future items.
12. Restock any of the necessities.
13. Verify that the cabinet closes properly.

Tips & Warnings

• Line shelves to help in future cleanings.
• Not drying the cabinet thoroughly before placing items back into the shelves may cause the items (those in paper) to stick.
• Do not dump medications down the toilet. Also, do not throw away full bottles of any pill. Empty the bottles then destroy bottles and pills separately.
• Keep children away when you complete this project.

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