The kitchen is the largest room in your home, so you may need to pay special attention to cleaning. not.
Experts say that if you're not careful, common household items can easily become bacterial petri dishes.
TikTok user Neat Caroline shared atip to keep bacteria out of the kitchen sponge.
"Clean the sponge every few days and pop it into the top rack of the dishwasher in a heat-drying cycle," a cleaning expert advised her followers.
She continued: "Avoid putting it in the microwave, this kills the weaker bacteria, but the strongest bacteria survive."
The New York According to Times, experts found that heating thesponge in the microwave kills weak bacteria and increases the breeding grounds for potentially pathogenic bacteria.
Caroline also advised: "Change the sponge every 1-2 weeks, but throw it faster when it starts to smell."
"The sponge will be in between uses Make sure it's clean and dry, "she told the viewer.
TikToker concludes her video with tips to save additional money.
"Cut the kitchen sponge in half to reduce waste," she said.
Caroline's followers visited TikTok's comments section to share her thoughts on cleaning advice.
She wrote, "In a blink of an eye. I've been cooking in the microwave for years! I'm afraid of strong bacteria!" She wrote one user.
Another viewer commented, "It's a great tip about cutting in half!"
