I'm a cleaning pro and you're forgetting to scrub a vital home item that's hiding lots of dirty secrets | The Sun
A CLEANING pro has revealed the one household item you aren't cleaning enough and it could be harboring harmful bacteria.
Dena, from the US, revealed you definitely need to be cleaning your laundry basket more often as it's got lots of dirty secrets hidden inside.
Taking to TikTok, the cleaning whizz said: "Disinfect your laundry baskets.
"Your laundry baskets are hiding a dirty secret."
In the clip, she first started to clean it down by hoovering any dust in the basket.
She then sprayed it with disinfectant and let it sit for ten minutes before wiping it off with a damp cloth.
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Dena claimed: "Did you ever think that your laundry basket could be harboring nasty bacteria and viruses from your dirty clothes?
"Well, it can. And it probably is.
"Your laundry basket might be hiding traces of… Fecal Matter, E. Coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella.
"Keeping a clean home means cleaning all of the areas that aren’t commonly known like laundry baskets."
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The clip posted to her account @dailydetailswithdena has since gone viral with over 67k views and 2,500 likes.
People were stunned to realise that this also needed to be cleaned regularly.
One person wrote: "I just sat down after deep cleaning my entire house and now I see this."
Another commented: "Me now thinking about the last time I cleaned it."
"That’s why I don’t use one," penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: "Wait. What? It’s for dirty clothes anyway?? You need a separate basket for the clean lol."
"Great. Yet another thing on the cleaning list,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: "STOP GIVING ME MORE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT CLEANING."
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