Safety precautions when washing clothes

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View All Products. View All Scents. Print This. You're leaving our site. Thanks for hanging out with us at ilovegain. Share it on. Adults should follow the instructions on the product label. It is best to use traditional liquid or powder detergent products instead of packets until all children living in or visiting your home are at least 6 years old.

Traditional laundry detergent is much less toxic than laundry detergent packets. If your child does get the contents of one of these packets in his mouth or gets any in his eye, call Poison Help at immediately.

Use child locks on front-loading washers and dryers to prevent small children from opening the doors while they are in use and also to prevent them from ever crawling in the machines. Clean the lint trap after each use to help prevent fires.

Clogged lint traps are a common cause of house fires. In fact, the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC reports that washers and dryers were involved in one out of every 22 home fires reported in Do not lean on or allow children to play or hang on the doors of washers and dryers, because this can cause them to tip over.

Young children may want to explore this "mysterious opening" we call the laundry chute. While convenient for adults, it poses a great danger for small children. Make sure laundry chute doors are out of the reach of a small child 36 inches or more off the floor.

Tell your children that the laundry chute is meant only for clothes. Toys and people should never go in the laundry chute. Childproofing Your Home. Cleaning Baby Clothes. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. Please enable scripts and reload this page.

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Turn on Animations. Our Sponsors Log in Register. Log in Register. Ages and Stages. Healthy Living. Safety and Prevention. To give parents a helping hand, we compiled the latest expert information on what is known about COVID and tips to help keep it out of your home. Cover your mouth and nose with your elbow or tissue when coughing or sneezing. Dispose of used tissue immediately. Wash hands frequently with soap and water for at least seconds.

Make sure to wash hands after you blow your nose, sneeze into a tissue, use the restroom, when you leave and return to your home, before preparing or eating food, applying make-up, handling contact lenses etc. If using a hand sanitizer ensure that it contains at least 60 per cent alcohol, ensure coverage on all parts of the hands and rub hands together for seconds until hands feel dry. If hands are visibly dirty, always wash hands with soap and water. Did you know? Cold water and warm water are equally effective at killing germs and viruses — as long as you use soap and wash your hands the right way!

Cleaning and disinfecting high-touch surfaces in your home regularly is an important precaution to lower the risk of infection. Follow cleaning product instructions for safe and effective use, including precautions you should take when applying the product, such as wearing gloves and making sure you have good ventilation. Some national authorities have made lists of recommended products for use against the COVID virus.

Every home is different, but common high-touch surfaces include: Door handles, tables, chairs, handrails, kitchen and bathroom surfaces, taps, toilets, light switches, mobile phones, computers, tablets, keyboards, remote controls, game controllers and favourite toys.

If a surface is dirty, first clean it with soap or detergent and water. Then use a disinfectant product containing alcohol of around 70 per cent or bleach. Vinegar and other natural products are not recommended. In many places it can be difficult to find disinfectant sprays and wipes.

In such cases, continue to clean with soap and water. Diluted household bleach solutions may also be used on some surfaces.

Many disinfectant products, such as wipes and sprays, need to stay wet on a surface for several minutes in order to be effective. Consider using wipeable covers for electronics. It is currently unclear how long the COVID virus can survive on fabric, but many items of clothing have plastic and metal elements on which it might live for a few hours to several days.

Exercise caution and common sense.