How Clean Is Your House? will delve into what steps you can take to protect your family from coronavirus.
Presented by A&E doctor Dr Javid Abdelmoneim and virologist Dr Lisa Cross, the Channel 4 show will advise viewers to wash soap when they buy it, as well as give tips on how to get a takeaway safely and choosing the best cleaning products.
The experts say that while we're all taking extra steps to be as hygienic as possible, there are some products that we're forgetting to clean.
The outside of cleaning product bottles, soap and hand cream bottles are items that we frequently touch and could transfer coronavirus on to.
These products can be cleaned with warm soapy water.
To prevent the virus from coming into your house take off your shoes immediately when you return home.
The virus can survive on the bottom of shoes for between three and 5 days.
Shoes should be kept in the hallway, or the same spot and try to use only one pair of shoes to go outside.
It's believed coronavirus can last up to 24 hours on clothes.
If you used public transport, or come into close contact with people, it's a good idea to change your clothes immediately and put them in the wash.
While current advice says its safe to get a takeaway, the packaging could carry the virus as it can survive for 24 hours on cardboard and three to five days on plastic.
When getting your takeaway remove outer packaging and get rid of it straight away.
Takeaways without easily discarded packaging should either be wiped down with a bit of soap and water or decanted into a clean container or plate.
Any plastic bags the takeaway has come in should be discarded and anywhere the outside packaging may have touched should be disinfected.
Dr Javid has advised that when washing your hands you keep separate tea towels so the hand drying towel is never then the dish-drying towel to prevent cross-contamination.
When washing your tea towels in the washing machine you should do so at 60 or above, because the high temperature will inactivate the virus.
Bleach will work on surfaces but you should always wear gloves and follow the manufacturers' instructions on how to dilute it and how to leave it in contact with the surface you’re disinfecting and remember to rinse off after use.
Soap and water is just as effective for destroying the virus on items that come into contact with food, and for cleaning children’s toys safely and effectively.
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