does anyone know if strep lives on surfaces

[bulldog24]

I am going to go nuts cleaning. Bleach is my friend.

 

I am ready to throw a grenade in my house and be done with it.

 

Ticks are out in full force too...causing serious anxiety

[airial95]

I don't know, but I've added spraying every possible surface in my house with Lysol part of my weekly cleaning ritual.

 

We did a MASSIVE clean and sterilization when my son had his T&A in November - wanted a super clean slate when it was over. At that time, my husband and I decided we should invent the "lysol bomb". Sort of like a bug bomb/fogger - yyou set it in your house and leave for a couple of days and it disinfects everything!!!

[Mayzoo]

Months

 

"In a systematic review of the literature, German researchers explored the ability of infectious organisms to survive on inanimate surfaces.1 They found that most gram-positive bacteria, including vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and Streptococcus pyogenes can survive for months on dry surfaces. "

 

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/2006/11/fomites-and-infection-transmission.aspx

[Mayzoo]

I am going to go nuts cleaning. Bleach is my friend.

 

I am ready to throw a grenade in my house and be done with it.

 

Ticks are out in full force too...causing serious anxiety

 

Peroxide is a good cleaning agent as opposed to bleach. It is more environmentally friendly and still disinfects as well.

 

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=frgbld&gs_nf=1&cp=11&gs_id=1r&xhr=t&q=Peroxide+vs+bleach&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&oq=Peroxide+vs&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=61ced53140c9a9e9&biw=1024&bih=605

[bulldog24]

Thanks. bummer

[writergal]

Our son just had the H1 flu- funny we- the ped and I were actually gloriously happy that it was the flu. He had a mild case she almost didn't test but did just for giggles- so glad she did. When he started coughing and complaining of a sore throat it got me concerned. We've definitely been seeing some flares.

 

I've been going crazy with bleach on every surface as well- don't want the rest of us to get this awful flu.

[NancyD]

Cleaning chemicals can make tics worse.