How to Keep a Super-Clean House 5. The bathtub/shower Every time
you take a bath or shower, you remove germs and viruses from
your body. That’s the great news. But all the bad stuff doesn’t
conveniently slide down the drain or die on the porcelain; some
of it thrives if those surfaces stay moist. In fact, researcher
Elizabeth Scott, PhD, co-director of the Center for Hygiene and
Health in Home and Community at Simmons College in Boston, found
staphylococcus bacteria, a common cause of serious skin
infections, in 26% of the tubs she tested, compared with just 6%
of garbage cans. Simple fix: Use a disinfecting cleanser once a
week on the bathroom floor and sides of the tub and shower;
rinse well and dry the surfaces with a towel. Keep the shower
dry on a daily basis by using a squeegee, and disinfect the
squeegee weekly, too. 6. Your cell phone and other tech stuff
The things you touch a zillion times a dayiPhone, BlackBerry,
keyboard, computer mouseare big carriers of germs, including
methicillin-resistant Sta