Sponges

Sponges want to get replaced every week or at the least every other week, says Mindy Costello, customer records specialist for the NSF worldwide.

One way to sanitize a sponge is with the aid of wetting it and putting it within the microwave or washing it on the sanitize cycle of the dishwasher, Costello says. “If a dish rag is used, it is able to be laundered together with kitchen towels at the sanitization cycle of your washing device," she says. "including bleach into the wash water will in addition decontaminate the dish rag.”

Costello adds that the kitchen sponge is “one of the germiest gadgets in the home.” they may be additionally cold and flu culprits in the workplace.

if you don’t sanitize your sponges, you should buy new ones. “now not doing so ought to disclose you and your own family to germs that might probably make humans unwell,” she says.