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Pink eye - how do you disinfect the house?

veloelleveloelle member
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DD has pink eye, it presented yesterday. I washed her sheets and our throw blankets. Not sure what else I should disinfect? Should I treat clean up like the flu? I'm PG, so DHand I are on the same eye drops as DD, hoping to stop the spread.

Any advice appreciated. She's nver had pink eye.
DD 7.28.06 * DS 3.29.10
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Christmas 2011
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Re: Pink eye - how do you disinfect the house?

  • femmegemfemmegem member
    Wow, you're making me feel like a slacker. I will wash all the sheets and I'm washing our hands like crazy, but I haven't done anything beyond that. I didn't even think of it.
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  • LinzDavidLinzDavid
    Femm-I'm the slacker.  I didn't even think to wash the sheets.  Indifferent
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  • femmegemfemmegem member
    Well, I haven't washed them yet! What are you supposed to do, wash them every day? Or is it fine once you start the meds? Yikes.
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  • Temp108743750006959Temp108743750006959
    i'm a slacker too -- I've never done anything besides give DS meds!
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  • EXL311EXL311 member

    imageLinzDavid:
    Femm-I'm the slacker.  I didn't even think to wash the sheets.  Indifferent

    I don't disinfect the house.  We make sure that we wash our hands often and DH does the sheets regularly enough.  Within 24 hours of starting medication the pink eye should no longer be contagious.

    Dee Dee DS Elijah Xin 3/11/05 DD Evangeline Mei 8/24/06
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  • neesernicoleneesernicole
    You might want to change the towel and wash cloth she uses to bathe with.

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  • femmegemfemmegem member

    imageneesernicole:
    You might want to change the towel and wash cloth she uses to bathe with.

    Ah, yes. I'm doing this, too. But I'm really not planning to do any cleaning beyond the sheets and towels aside from what I would normally do.

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    "Want what you have, do what you can, be who you are." - Rev. Forrest Church
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  • Angela814Angela814 member

    imagefemmegem:
    Wow, you're making me feel like a slacker. I will wash all the sheets and I'm washing our hands like crazy, but I haven't done anything beyond that. I didn't even think of it.

    This is all we've done for any sickness. I never disinfected any of DD's toys as an infant. If they got visibly dirty, I washed them. That's it.

    Annalise Marie 05.29.06
    Charlotte Ella 07.16.10
    Emmeline Grace 03.27.13
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  • Rebekah1021Rebekah1021

    I sprayed the Clorox anywhere spray on all her toys and did the same to the doorknobs and almost anything I caught her touching.

    I was terrified of getting it.

    Audrey Elizabeth 11-11-06 image
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  • BrainySmurfetteBrainySmurfette
    Get the handles on the sinks.  I'm sure someone has touched them after coming in contact with eye discharge.
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