Basic Principle And Guidance On Cleaning And Disinfecting Toys

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Toys should be cleaned immediately after being purchased and then it is safe to give kids to play. Items such as infant clothing, toys and other bought from shop look new. However, there would be some germ that can’t be found by naked eyes on them. In the process of manufacturing, packaging, transportation, sale and other steps, toys would be inevitably contaminated to some invisible bacteria and viruses. Therefore it is important to clean toys before giving children to play.

The frequency of cleaning and disinfecting toys is usually once a week, of course, based on the different characteristics of different toys, parents can adjust the cleaning and disinfecting frequency. If you want to develop children’s independent ability, you can ask kids to clean toys with you together in the weekend so that children would pay more attention on hygiene condition. If you ask family nanny to clean your home environment, you should tell the nanny not to wipe around with the same rag, especially not to wipe kids’ toys with rag which is used to clean house furnishings because there are a large number of bacteria and viruses on ...
... it after being used to clean house items and it only makes toys become more and more dirty. In my standpoint, it is necessary to prepare a specialized rag to clean toys and it is required to be disinfected after cleaning each toy.

It is very important to select the appropriate cleaning and disinfection products. According to advice from experts, it is better to choose cleaning agent and disinfectant that is specially used for infants and young children. Not to use common disinfectant to clean and disinfect children's toys because these kinds of disinfectants maybe irritate the children's respiratory tract.

Except video games play toys, other toys should be washed with a plenty of water after disinfecting, which is very important to minimize detergent residue. Then put toys at ventilated place to get completely dry. As you know, under dry environment, the speed of virus reproducing is much slower than that in the humid environment.

Finally, I must to point out that this is the general guidance on cleaning and disinfecting toys, however, different toys made from different materials such as stuffed animal toys, wooden toys and electronic toys have special demand when cleaning.

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