To prevent bacteria from waste matter from affecting the health of your family, everyone at home must observe proper toilet hygiene. Children, especially, must be strictly taught to clean themselves and wash their hands properly every single time they use the loo.
Remind everyone at home that their hands will pick up germs from anything they touch in the toilet, including their own bottoms as they wipe them, the flush handle, the tap at the sink, the outside of the hand-detergent bottle, and even the door handle as they leave the loo. You may diligently wipe the handles and levers daily, but all it takes is one household member to touch with unwashed hands any of these items after using the toilet, and it will be immediately recontaminated in time for the next user to pick up the germs.
It may seem a bother, but the best way therefore of keeping toilet germs out of the rest of the home is for people to wash their hands immediately after wiping their bottoms and flushing, then open the toilet door and wash their hands all over again - because the door handle may well have traces of another family member's fecal matter on it.
And reduce bacteria transmission from hands to tap handles, it may help to change the handles to swivel levers that one can easily turn on and off with a quick touch, rather than a stiff knob that one has to wrestle in the grip of one's palm to operate.
Teach everyone to wash their hands well, soaping and rubbing their palms, fingers and backs of the hands, and between the fingers too, for 20-30 seconds before rinsing, because that is about the length of time it takes for soap to kill germs on skin.
Regular hands soap will do for killing germs. over-use of antiseptic washes could actually prove counter-effective in the long term, because these kill off good bacteria and the weakest of bacteria, while leaving the strongest alive to develop immunity to their antiseptic properties, which will make such washes less effective against germs when they are most needed - in hospitals, for example.
Wash the toilet and bathroom regularly, using a separate brush for the inside of the toilet bowl. This separate brush should not be used on any other surface in the bathroom or even any other part of the toilet bowl, and should be washed by flushing it inside the toilet bowl itself. It should obviously never be washed at the sink or in the bathtub.
Remind everyone at home that their hands will pick up germs from anything they touch in the toilet, including their own bottoms as they wipe them, the flush handle, the tap at the sink, the outside of the hand-detergent bottle, and even the door handle as they leave the loo. You may diligently wipe the handles and levers daily, but all it takes is one household member to touch with unwashed hands any of these items after using the toilet, and it will be immediately recontaminated in time for the next user to pick up the germs.
It may seem a bother, but the best way therefore of keeping toilet germs out of the rest of the home is for people to wash their hands immediately after wiping their bottoms and flushing, then open the toilet door and wash their hands all over again - because the door handle may well have traces of another family member's fecal matter on it.
And reduce bacteria transmission from hands to tap handles, it may help to change the handles to swivel levers that one can easily turn on and off with a quick touch, rather than a stiff knob that one has to wrestle in the grip of one's palm to operate.
Teach everyone to wash their hands well, soaping and rubbing their palms, fingers and backs of the hands, and between the fingers too, for 20-30 seconds before rinsing, because that is about the length of time it takes for soap to kill germs on skin.
Regular hands soap will do for killing germs. over-use of antiseptic washes could actually prove counter-effective in the long term, because these kill off good bacteria and the weakest of bacteria, while leaving the strongest alive to develop immunity to their antiseptic properties, which will make such washes less effective against germs when they are most needed - in hospitals, for example.
Wash the toilet and bathroom regularly, using a separate brush for the inside of the toilet bowl. This separate brush should not be used on any other surface in the bathroom or even any other part of the toilet bowl, and should be washed by flushing it inside the toilet bowl itself. It should obviously never be washed at the sink or in the bathtub.
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