How to Disinfect Your Electronic Devices

We use electronic devices practically all the time, especially since they’ve become mobile. Imagine how many bacteria and germs stick to your smartphone or tablet in a single day, considering you use them at work, when using public transportation, while cooking, at lunch, even in the bathroom. Despite being magnets for dirt, dust, fingertips, and ultimately germs, we often overlook the importance of cleaning electronic devices, which begs the question: how can we disinfect electronics?

Electronics are seldom featured on cleaning checklists, even those made by first-rate Kansas City cleaning services. Nevertheless, professional cleaners are usually a great source of practical tips on how to clean your house, disinfect all the rooms, or how to go about cleaning surfaces that come into contact with food. And that makes them the go-to peeps to ask about how we can make our precious electronic devices safe and germ-free!

How do you sanitize electronics?

Let’s go back to that germy smartphone. Microorganisms that gather on the surface can easily transfer from your phone to your hands, eyes, nose, lips etc. That’s when things get messy: you get sick, infect your friends, colleagues and members of your family. Did we mention the in-between step when you borrow your phone to someone so they’ll take a look at a photo, type in their number, or make a call? Mess all cubed.

From there on, you could unknowingly transfer the harmful pathogens to your laptop, desk, mug, doorknobs and so on. This is why sanitizing your electronic devices should turn into a routine, much like washing your hands. Here are some precautions you need to take before you start cleaning:

• Remove batteries or unplug your device from the power source
• Check the manufacturer’s manual for the best cleaning method for your device
• Never spray water, cleaning product or a disinfectant directly onto your electronic device

Cleaning your laptop and similar surfaces

Due to their mobility, laptops collect a lot of dust and microbes that tend to sneak in between the keys and into every nook and cranny they can find.

Nowadays there are multiple tools for cleaning keyboards. You can use a special gel that’ll pull out the long forgotten dirt accumulated in gaps and crevices between the keys. Another solution is to blow the dust and crumbs away from the keyboard, inlets and notches by using compressed air.

Microfiber works its magic

Get rid of stains and smudges by wiping the laptop surfaces with a slightly moist microfiber cloth. You can sanitize the keyboard with alcohol diluted with water.

The same cleaning and disinfection method can be applied to most electronic devices, such as computer mouse, remote controls, game consoles and controllers, parts of tv, streaming devices, dvd players, cords etc. However, you should be extra careful when choosing a cleaning agent for your screens.

How to clean an electronic screen?

Here are a couple of tips to explore before you tackle cleaning screens:

• When it comes to cleaning a laptop screen, or a desktop monitor screen, you could try a gentle cleaning fluid designed for these delicate surfaces, although something as simple as water may suffice. A few drops of water and microfiber cloth will eliminate smudges and dust.
• Touch screens will appreciate an eyeglass cleaner used in combination with microfiber.
• A flat-screen TV usually has anti-reflective coating that doesn’t react well to chemicals present in the majority of cleaning products, including most glass cleaners. To play it safe use a simple microfiber cloth dampened with water to clean your TV screen.

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