Coronavirus or COVID-19 is changing how we live, obliging us to practice social distancing and promoting fervent hand-washing.Untilthe latest developments in biosensor testing devices for virusesallow rapid on-site and accurate verification of coronavirus infection, the cleaner we can keep the surfaces in our homes, the less we risk virus transmission amongst those we share them with.
It is essential to keep touched surfaces in homes clean to avoid spreading the virus to our kids, parents and spouses, so… the less stuff you touch the better! Since most people are puttering around trying to stay busy (and sane), it’s a great time to do easy home improvements such as adding touchless smart home automation devices that make your home more ‘hands-free’ in this crucial time.
通常情况下，我们不会建议读者去买一堆小玩意儿来做一些简单的人力就能完成的事情，比如轻按电灯开关、清洁表面或打开门，但现在不是正常时期。过去我们认为毫无意义的产品的制造和运输现在可能会帮助我们保持健康，生存，并让我们更快地回归正常。所以让我们给对方一个机会，尽自己的一份力量把曲线拉平。
Sanitizing the surfaces in homes
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends cleaning all frequently touched household surfaces regularlyto prevent transmission of Covid-19 specifically, bur also the Flu. That includes light switches, door knobs, appliance handles, stair railings, any surface that gets touched during the course of a regular day.
Remember to clean things that you may not initially think of like faucet taps, toilet handles and even the soap and hand sanitizer bottle tops and sides themselves.
It is possible to put warm water, a couple of drops of dish detergent or soap and 2 tablespoons bleach per 1 quart water to make up a sanitizing solution - but bleach while effective at killing off virus's and bacteria isn't that great for the environment, ourindoor air quality或者我们的健康——如果在家里不小心与错误的产品混合，可能会引起一些非常严重的反应。
Clean surfaces with UV easily (but with care)
Scrubbing surfaces with a disinfectant soap and water is the best way to keep your home clean, but at this time when we need to be extra vigilant, having a tool that can do it quickly and more frequently is very helpful. Just as washing hands with soap and water is better than relying on hand sanitizers, it is still very good to have them.
An anti-microbial UV light wand destroys germs, viruses and bacteria with shortwave ultraviolet waves. A UV light stick should include protective eyewear, so be sure to wear them. This is not gimmick - it actually works, but it can damage your eyes as easily as it kills germs.
Another idea we've seen that looks like a winner are the UV enclave units that we can drop our mobile phones into. Sanitizing phones has often been neglected, and let's face it, they are never far from our hands or the danger of picking up bugs and viruses. If you arein the US, check out prices and availability of UV sanitizers here- and ifin Canada check cost and availability for UV sanitizers here.
Automatic soap dispensers
Touching contaminated taps and soap dispensers while we attempt to clean our hands can defeat the purpose,or leave contaminants for the next user.It is fairly likely that there are contaminants on them already.
You can purchase a liquid or foaming soap dispenser with a touch free sensor just as are commonly found in public washroomshere.
Smart lighting
Light switches can come in contact with many different fingers over the course of a day.Switching to smart light switches can mean one point of common contact and a possible surface for virus transmission is eliminated. By using a voice activated home system like Alexa, Google Home or Apple Home Kit, we can simply speak to our lights and appliances to operate them.
Smart light switches can connect to your home Wi-Fi network and be controlled from a smartphone app. Additionally, you can configure them to automatically turn on and off based on a schedule of when you go to bed and wake up, or just sunup and sundown.
许多智能灯泡提供了同样的功能，但根本不需要任何电气工作。你只需要将它们插入到兼容的套接字中，然后用它们的关联应用程序设置它们。There's a whole selection ofsmart home equipment available online with direct home delivery- just be sure to check on compatability with whichever main operating system you choose. If in doubt, ask any savvy 10 year old to set it up for you...
Use smart speakers and displays
Voice activated smart home speakers like the Amazon Echo speaker, Apple homepod or Google Home device can allow you to keep your hands to yourself during a family dance party.If you haven’t yet used a smart speaker, it’s a simple matter of addressing your system by name and telling it what to do. “Siri, play …” or “Alexa, volume up”, and it will do your bidding for you. You can do google seaches this way as well. When connected to other smart home devices you can simply command your lights on or off or window shades opened or closed. The choice of smart home hubs is ever expanding -look for the best rated ones here.
Smart door locks
Smart door locks are deadbolt front door locks that can be operated in a number of ways - either with a smartphone, a fingerprint reader, passcodes and combinations, or with voice commandto Alexa or google phone to activate smart door locks.
Everyone has probably at some point locked themselves out of their home after misplacing their keys, and possibly had to crawl in a window if you don’t have a key hidden somewhere. Smart touchless door locks are another way of reducing the amount of times in a day we can cross infect our family by touching common surfaces - though we should all be washing hands more often anyway.
This is one highly rated lock system for Alexa users, whileAlexa and Iphone users can use this one, and Google Home users canunlock this one with their Android phones.
Now you know more abouthow to reduce home virus transmissionbyinstalling touchless smart home automation devices. Learnmore about home automationandmaintaining healthy indoor air qualityhere:
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