Nurses and healthcare workers are doing what they can to protect themselves from COVID-19 while on the job but what measures can they take to protect the families and their home environments after work?

The ANMJ has compiled a list of tips to keep your home virus free.

Leave your wallet at home

• When you go to work put cards and drivers license in a zip lock bag.

Change your clothes immediately when you get home

• Put your clothes in the washer and hot wash them between shifts.
• Leave your shoes outside the house.

Food

• Bring your own food in a reusable shopping bag to wash.
• Avoid eating in communal places.
• Bring a drink bottle to work.
• No keep cups at cafes.

No hands

• No hands where possible- kick doors.
• Use  alcohol hand gel regularly.

Pens

• Leave pen at work.
• Frequently coat pen with alcohol when at work.

Phones

• Don’t use a phone case.
• Wipe down phone often with alcohol.
• Leave your phone in scrub pocket .
• Consider a zip lock bag.

Remember at the end of the day…

• Thoroughly wash hands and arms.
• Take a shower.
• Alcohol gel your phone.
• Also alcohol gel your keys and glasses
• Leave pen behind at work.