CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

From Your Faith Community Nurses

Germs: Where They Lurk & How to Kill Them

University of Arizona scientists sampled surfaces in kitchens and bathrooms and the kitchen consistently came up as dirtier. An estimated 9000 persons die each year by household germs. Victims were mostly the very young, the very old and those with compromised immune systems.

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We are requesting donations of the following items to help offset the cost of our VBS program this year:

• Wet wipes

• Green plastic disposable tablecloths

• Old coats, cardigans, & similar garments (to be donated after VBS)

• 8 x 14-inch sheets of cardboard

• Empty egg cartons

• Sandwich- sized resealable plastic bags

• Aluminum foil

• Disposable pie plates

• Trays or cookie sheets

• Blue, purple, & green food coloring

• Empty 24 oz water bottles with flip-top caps

• Pennies

• Toilet paper tubes

• Tissue paper in a variety of colors

• Gallon-sized resealable plastic bags

• Yellow, orange, purple, & blue play dough

• Waxed paper

• Buttons larger than a 50cent piece

• Cardboard boxes

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The heaviest concentration of disease carriers lurked in sponges, dishtowels and rags, sinks, drains, countertops, cutting boards and refrigerator handles. The good news is that kitchen germs can be removed by a good scrubbing followed a sanitizing rinse (i.e. dilute bleach).

Their studies indicated that microwave setting on “high” will disinfect a wood cutting board (10 min.); dry cellulose sponge (30 sec.); and wet cotton dishrag (30 sec.). Plastic cutting boards can be sterilized on normal cycle in a dishwasher. Wiping and cleaning with a paper towel is encouraged since they can be disposed of after one use. We need to be vigilant and get rid of harmful germs that lurk in the kitchen.

Reference: Science News, Vol. 150

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