Video: The Proper Way to Disinfect a Surface

SAN JOSE — Sandy Willis: So, we want to clean and disinfect your house. The most important thing to do first is you must clean the surface first. So, because if you don’t clean the surface first with soap and water, the disinfectant’s not going to work. Most likely when you clean it, use soap and water, and that will get rid of like 97 percent of all the germs. And then when you disinfect, that will get up to the 99.99 percent.

So, after you clean it with warm soap and water, you will spray the area with your disinfectant. And let it sit. You need to look at your instructions. It’ll tell you how long it should sit. It just could save between five to ten minutes. If you don’t let it sit during that time, it will not disinfect, because the disinfectant has to take that time to do its breakdown and do its job to get rid of all the germs. And then after that time, then you can wipe it up. And then you will have a clean and disinfected area.

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