Coronavirus phone cleaning tips: Here's how to clean and sanitze your smartphone.
Updated Mar 17,2020
Coronavirus continues to spread around the world. If you have been following the news you have heard the many reminders to frequently wash your hands, cover your coughs and sanitize anything you come in contact with.
Avoiding infection also includes keeping surfaces clean and on of the most frequently touched items people carry are mobile phones and credit cards. According to an analysis from the Journal of Hospital Invection, coronaviruses and other germs can live on surfaces such as glass, metal, or plastic up to nine days. And phone are known to be more bacteria ridden than toilet seats.
When is the last time you cleaned your cell phone?
That means no matter how much hand washing and sanitized you do, if you turn around and pick up your unclean phone right away, you are potentially exposing yourself to germs you just got rid of.
Smartphones are among the dirtiest items people own, and are often help up to users's eyes, noses, and lips - key points for coronavirus infection.
You don't want to accidentally damage your cell phone while trying to clean it, and many common cleaning products can harm your cell phone. There is a right way to clean and disinfect your phone.
First, remove any case you may have on the device, then clean the screen and surface with a Phone Cleaner and Sanitizer then wipe your screen with the back side which is a micro fiber cloth.
Do not wipe your screen down with rubbing alchohol or a disinfectant wipe because this will damage your screen and remove the coating that protects your device from oils and grease.
While you have your case off clean that too with soap and water. Household cleaners may be safe to use on your case so refer to your cases packaging if needed. If you case is nastier than you want you might just consider getting a new case.