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littlemissmartypants

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2. From the article

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:27 PM

Mar 2020

Stanford infection control expertscurrently recommend four simple thingsto decrease your risk of transmission toindividuals in your home:
1. Wash your hands before you leave
work
2. Wash your hands when you gethome
3. Wear different shoes at home andat work, or wash your hands assoon as you take off your shoes. 4. Disinfect the common touchsurfaces in your home and in yourcar once each day. • Don't disinfect cutting boards or any item that comes into
contact with food

Don't disinfect cutting boards or any item that comes into
contact with food

Don't disinfect cutting boards...

That can't be right!!!

Someone needs to check with the authors on this point. I'm thinking this is a terrible mistake.

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Stanford has done a study-released yesterday, about sterilizing masks. [View all] 58Sunliner Mar 2020 OP

I saw a story on my local fox affiliate this morning. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2020 #1

I assume they still use the N95 filter. Kind of like a Vog mask, only a Vog has carbon cloth also. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #5

From the article littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #2

That seems a little strange. I see it too. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #4

I've heard that if the concentration of certain sanitizers is too high it causes the virus to ... marble falls Mar 2020 #6

They don't use a sanitizer in the study. They specifically state that you should not use alcohol as 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #7

I'm thinking of the cutting boards. marble falls Mar 2020 #8

Ok. But it seems like boiling water or a bleach solution and a rinse would work. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #9

I agree. marble falls Mar 2020 #10

great sckarletmelanzana Mar 2020 #3