Tips For Disinfecting Your Kitchen 17 April 2014

If you enjoy cooking, your kitchen is your lifeline. It’s a place where you can create, and plays the absolute pivotal role in allowing you to make delicious, nourishing meals. However, almost every area of your kitchen that isn’t behind closed doors (i.e. cupboard innards) is a magnet for bacteria and microbes, and will be having a very good day indeed if it doesn’t attract such things! To counteract the risks posed by such things, you must disinfect your kitchen regularly. However, it’s easier said than done. This guide will share some good tips for disinfecting your kitchen with you. First, you should equip yourself with a good disinfectant. This might be a tad tricky, as there are so many out there – and lots are bad (you can usually tell because they’re very cheap), and the finer, specialist items can be prohibitively pricey in some cases. We recommend you contact a dedicated kitchen cleaning company if you’re a bit stuck, and ask whether they can advise you on this matter. Given their experience in cleaning services, they will be able to give you some great tips on the best disinfectant products on the market. If you’re lucky, they may have kitchen disinfectants for sale! Alternatively, you can always find cleaning products online. You should, naturally, clean any and all surfaces in your kitchen which are used for the purpose of preparing food – and do this on a daily basis. In the case of the tops of tables, and counters in the kitchen, which could come into contact with food and spills, the same rules apply. It is very important to clean these areas because they will be the most significant breeding grounds for bacteria and microbes, and the like. If they’re not tended to adequately they really can be dangerous magnets for precisely the unseen hazards you really do not want in your kitchen, which can then be transferred to something you’re preparing and cooking. But don’t worry, these areas are easy to tend to – a thorough spritz of disinfectant and vigorous wipe with a absorbent cloth and/or scrubber will be more than enough to remove any potential blots, and protect against new ones. On a less regular basis, you should extend the same disinfecting treatment to the shelves and interior of your fridge, and your storage cupboards too! Be careful when doing this to ensure that you don’t use a harsh chemical cleaner – after all, this too can have perilous implications for food you prepare, and by extension your good self! Chopping boards and the like should be given a slightly more intensive clean – and, if possible, you should do this separately.     Scour these boards under hot water in the sink, using not only washing up liquid, but a cleaning solution which contains chlorine. As chopping boards often have pores and indentations, bacteria can accumulate here, and being extra-thorough with these areas is a necessity! Of course, there’s only so much you can do yourself – and only so many tools, accessories and products which you can realistically equip yourself with. If in doubt, there’s always the option of hiring a professional cleaning company to handle the responsibility. After all, domestic cleaning firms not only deal with the mess and clutter you can’t see, but provide cleaning services which deal with invisible blights too. Many have dedicated kitchen cleaners who can help – but there are also dedicated kitchen cleaning companies as noted previously. Truly, there is no better guarantee of a kitchen free of bacteria than a visit from a professional cleaning agencies.