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When it comes to cleaning tasks, one of the most ungrateful is usually that of the toilet.Almost nobody wants to deal with that part of the bathroom, and everyone dreams of undertaking their sanitation as quickly as possible.

Well, let's do it in record time: the toilet can be cleaned in 3 minutes and leave it impeccable.And how often?"It depends on the number of users.Also if there is someone sick or get more dirty from the account for some concrete reason.Every two days it would be good in a house.If it is public, several times per day, ”recommends Maite Muniesa, from the Department of Microbiology of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona.Similar is the opinion of Guillermo Díaz, Director of Technical and Regulatory Affairs of ADELMA (association of detergents and cleaning products companies): “The frequency will depend on the use and the people who share it.In families with young children (who still do not have good hands) or older people, this cleaning and disinfection should be more frequent and conscientious.A generic recommendation would be the twice a week.One of them with an antic cleaner and another with a disinfectant cleaner, which will ensure cleaning, bleaching and disinfection ”.

Bacteria are not so wild

"It should be noted that the bacteria we find in a toilet must not necessarily be able to create an infection," says Maite Muniesa, despite the fact that his number is high.There are bacteria that are pathogenic, that is, they cause disease.But most of them are not.As a curiosity, the Department of Public Health of the University of Arizona said that many more germs are transferred if we pull the toilet chain with the lifted lid that if we sat down.

“Most of the bacteria we find in the bathroom are dermal, and do not entail any risk to the human being.But there is no 'zero risk': there are pathogenic bacteria that if they pass to the food tract could give us some scare (enterobacteria, e-coli, micrococci and chorynebacteria; streptococci; and to a lesser extent, psedumones).Among the most frequent pathologies, we could mention urinary, respiratory or gastrointestinal infections.The most appropriate is to wash our hands correctly after using the toilet, we make sure that if there is any bacterium in our hands, they do not reach the mouth, ”says Guillermo Díaz.

More on the outside than inside

We always associate cleaning with the interior of the cup, but this is where less bacteria accumulate, since every time we use it it is washed with water.The problem is greater on contact surfaces with our skin."To accumulate less bacteria, the ideal is that the person who uses the toilet is reasonably clean (personal hygiene), throws after the chain and passes a cloth through the surface after use," says Maite Muniesa.

What do I do with the happy brush?

This instrument has as much ugliness within itself as a number of bacteria.But again: they must not be harmful."It is advisable to disinfect them, although no one is getting sick by not doing so.If there is a patient at intestinal disease house, it is convenient to be especially cautious, "Maite Muniesa clarifies.

The main objective of cleaning must be the area where we sat down, "in addition to the cover and brain button," according to Guillermo Díaz, which recommends plastic gloves of an exclusive color for cleaning the toilet, although notIt is mandatory.“We can wash ourselves (disinfect ourselves) hands after cleaning the toilet and voila.It would be convenient if we use very strong disinfectant products that damage the skin, rather than bacteria, ”corroborates Maite Muniesa.

Let's move on to your neat cleaning.We will need a toothbrush, a wader cleaner, a generic cleaner in spray, a brush, kitchen paper (better than a cloth.The World Hygiene Council recommends using disposable cloths or soaking them with disinfectant or bleach throughout the night.They can also be washed in the washing machine and let them dry well).

We put the gloves, we remove, if there is, any object that can be on the WC, and vaporize on the outside the whole toilet, including the lid, open and closed, the cistern and the foot.Then we apply toiler cleaners inside the cup, in the area where the water comes out when pulling the chain.We will not forget to clean the tank of the cistern, "let's think that you use it still unwashed, so it is especially sensitive to be contaminated," warns Guillermo Díaz.

We close the lid and with cooking paper we remove the cleaner that we apply on the outside.With the toothbrush we clean the most inaccessible joints, the screw area that adjust the lid, the cup to the ground, etc..

With the brush ‘baros’ the entire inside area of the cup, in circles from top to bottom, insisting on the ducts where the water comes out and disappears, more inaccessible.Once finished, we pull the chain and let the water run, with which we are going to clarify the brush.For drying, we hold it horizontally between the rate and seat.Do you think it is laborious?This method does not take more than 3 minutes: Microbiologist's word.