

Human: What can I use to disinfect the floor in my house?

Assistant: You should always have vinegar or vinegar-based household cleaners on hand for this sort of thing.  Vinegar has vinegar and acetic acid, both of which are powerful disinfectants.  You can use vinegar right on the floor or you can mix vinegar into a vinegar-based household cleaner.  Soaking the floor in vinegar would probably be too strong, but you can mix vinegar into vinegar-based cleaner to disinfect the floor.  To disinfect the floor you will want to apply the vinegar solution with a clean, soft cloth or sponge.  You can also leave vinegar right on the floor to help disinfect it.


Human: What can I use to disinfect the floor in my house?

Assistant: Let’s talk about what’s causing the germ problem on the floor.  For example, maybe there’s a pet that’s tracked in dirt, or your kids are still messy.  Either way, the germs on the floor are probably going to be bacteria and viruses from human or animal waste.  If you have that sort of situation, some disinfectant that’s mostly chlorine-based would be best.  But it should be a specific type of chlorine disinfectant that’s a part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “List of Disinfectants Effective Against Bacteria and Viruses”, since all the types listed there are evaluated for safety for human use.
What can I use to disinfect the floor in my house?
user
You should always have vinegar or vinegar-based household cleaners on hand for this sort of thing.  Vinegar has vinegar and acetic acid, both of which are powerful disinfectants.  You can use vinegar right on the floor or you can mix vinegar into a vinegar-based household cleaner.  Soaking the floor in vinegar would probably be too strong, but you can mix vinegar into vinegar-based cleaner to disinfect the floor.  To disinfect the floor you will want to apply the vinegar solution with a clean, soft cloth or sponge.  You can also leave vinegar right on the floor to help disinfect it.
assistant
What can I use to disinfect the floor in my house?
user
Let’s talk about what’s causing the germ problem on the floor.  For example, maybe there’s a pet that’s tracked in dirt, or your kids are still messy.  Either way, the germs on the floor are probably going to be bacteria and viruses from human or animal waste.  If you have that sort of situation, some disinfectant that’s mostly chlorine-based would be best.  But it should be a specific type of chlorine disinfectant that’s a part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “List of Disinfectants Effective Against Bacteria and Viruses”, since all the types listed there are evaluated for safety for human use.
assistant
What can I use to disinfect the floor in my house?
user
Let’s talk about what’s causing the germ problem on the floor.  For example, maybe there’s a pet that’s tracked in dirt, or your kids are still messy.  Either way, the germs on the floor are probably going to be bacteria and viruses from human or animal waste.  If you have that sort of situation, some disinfectant that’s mostly chlorine-based would be best.  But it should be a specific type of chlorine disinfectant that’s a part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “List of Disinfectants
assistant