Did you know that the kitchen is one of the dirtiest places in the home, and the title of the dirtiest caused by Sponge Wash your dishes in the kitchen. The dishwashing sponge made from cellulose fibers, and this is a suitable habitat of the germ, plus appearance is porous so that the germ is increasingly easy to make sneak and multiply in it.
There are two professional microbiology collecting thousands of samples of the sponge in America, and surprisingly, 2/3 of the samples they contain a lot of dangerous bacteries such as E. coli, salmonella, campylobacter and staphylococcus.
Well, as we already know, if you want to wear is usually moistened sponge in advance, and it is precisely these germs are hooked together moist, and it can even make them more and more and there was a lot of cross infection cross infection alian from the sponge to cutlery and your food through the water in the sponge.
Then what the danger if we ingest this evil germs? When our food contaminated with this evil germs, it could happen Food Poisoning.
In USA, each year an average of 48 million cases of poisoning (1 of 6 Americans), 128,000 hospitalization and 3,000 deaths
The symptoms of food poisoning usually include nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. Food poisoning can also be very dangerous for certain people such as children, pregnant women, and fetuses, and people with weak immune systems are a kind of people living with HIV / AIDS. Including diabetes, kidney disease, and other chronic diseases
DOS AND DON'TS OF KITCHEN SPONGE SAFETY
1. Diligently cleaning sponge washing your dishes after use, how will I explain below.
2. Do not forget to replace the foam sponge frequently especially if it is pale in color, shape already unnatural. Suggested sponge replaced once a week, often replacing the sponge will not cause your wallet thinner
3. Worn if it is finished, now is the sponge that can be stored in a dry place and make it dry sponge as well, because the bacteria can not be that durable in dry conditions, he said only lasting a few hours.
4th. Do not be left out in wet conditions on a table, or a bucket, or a filthy place, because later will multiply its germs in the sponge
5. Do not forget also, the bacterium's life needs food as well, one of their main sources of food are the rest of the rest of our food. As much as possible do not wiped the rest of the food on the table, on the plate, and so on. especially the former meat or eggs wiping with a sponge because even as you keep the bad bacteria in the sponge itself better to use cloth or tissue to clean up any leftover food.
6. Do not wipe the table or other surface with a sponge as well, why? because then the germs will move and can perch on top of the table was wiped, and Constructing cross infection to us more easily.
HOW TO CLEAN YOUR SPONGE
Each been used, if it can be cleaned of all types of waste
Do not forget also, sponge squeezed dry fuse-dried, then placed in a dry place, as already described above
Remember! should not be used to wipe the rest of the meat, eggs, and other food waste
And there are also two methods to kill the bacteria and germs in the sponge
-Microwave Method-This method proved to be one of the most powerful, set of 2 minutes to kill bacteria, and 5 minutes to kill all the fungus.
Caution: do not be inserted more than 5 minutes, because it can burn. In some cases this method could cause melting sponge
First wet the sponge until it is completely wet, and do not be drained
Then put above the saucer, if you can put a tissue or cloth first, just in case if the melt. Then put into the microwave. Turn on the microwave, set within 2 minutes.
if it is 2 minutes, take it out of the microwave, be careful of HEAT sponge, so do not haste to squeeze the sponge
-Bleaching Methods- for who does not have a microwave, there are other methods that use bleaching agent
First suggested in order to safely wear rubber gloves
Then clean running water first disposable sponge and dishwashing soap to clean too. And then prepare a container with hot water,
then pour bleach roughly 10 percent of the amount of water in the container. You can also add a squeezed lemon juice or non-ammonia lemon soap to reduce the odor of bleach.
Soak a sponge for 5 minutes, maximum 10 minutes, do not forget to squeeze it several times, so that the bleach is absorbed into the sponge
if it is 5 minutes, remove the sponge, constantly rinsed in flowing water until clean.
so.. do not forget to keep your dishwashing sponge at home and Do not forget to frequently replace the sponge, not to be a place of germs and fungus, as later causing food poisoning.
source: http://www.kaskus.co.id/thread/5376f74f148b46fb308b45f0
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Each been used, if it can be cleaned of all types of waste
Do not forget also, sponge squeezed dry fuse-dried, then placed in a dry place, as already described above
Remember! should not be used to wipe the rest of the meat, eggs, and other food waste
And there are also two methods to kill the bacteria and germs in the sponge
-Microwave Method-This method proved to be one of the most powerful, set of 2 minutes to kill bacteria, and 5 minutes to kill all the fungus.
Caution: do not be inserted more than 5 minutes, because it can burn. In some cases this method could cause melting sponge
First wet the sponge until it is completely wet, and do not be drained
Then put above the saucer, if you can put a tissue or cloth first, just in case if the melt. Then put into the microwave. Turn on the microwave, set within 2 minutes.
if it is 2 minutes, take it out of the microwave, be careful of HEAT sponge, so do not haste to squeeze the sponge
-Bleaching Methods- for who does not have a microwave, there are other methods that use bleaching agent
First suggested in order to safely wear rubber gloves
Then clean running water first disposable sponge and dishwashing soap to clean too. And then prepare a container with hot water,
then pour bleach roughly 10 percent of the amount of water in the container. You can also add a squeezed lemon juice or non-ammonia lemon soap to reduce the odor of bleach.
Soak a sponge for 5 minutes, maximum 10 minutes, do not forget to squeeze it several times, so that the bleach is absorbed into the sponge
if it is 5 minutes, remove the sponge, constantly rinsed in flowing water until clean.
so.. do not forget to keep your dishwashing sponge at home and Do not forget to frequently replace the sponge, not to be a place of germs and fungus, as later causing food poisoning.
source: http://www.kaskus.co.id/thread/5376f74f148b46fb308b45f0
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