Can scalding tableware before meals be used to disinfect it? What can children use to disinfect their tableware?

When we go to a restaurant to eat, we will use tea to wash the so-called disinfected tableware in the restaurant, thinking that this can be disinfected again. In fact, this is just psychological comfort. Children's tableware is generally recommended to be disinfected if conditions permit. So what can be used to disinfect children's tableware?

Can scalding tableware before meals disinfect it?

The disinfection effect of using boiling water to scald dishes and chopsticks is not very good. Because high-temperature disinfection requires not only temperature but also time. High-temperature disinfection is more effective only when a certain temperature is continuously reached for a long enough time.

Some common bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella, will die quickly under 100℃ conditions, but some bacteria, such as anthrax spores and cereus spores, are protected by a thick outer coat of "spores", so they have strong resistance and can survive at high temperatures of 100℃, and cannot be eliminated in a short time.

Many bacteria will take at least 1 to 3 minutes to be killed if the temperature is kept above 100°C. If the temperature does not reach 100°C, it will take longer. A quick scalding with boiling water may kill some bacteria and remove some dust, but it will certainly not kill all bacteria because the temperature and time are not enough.

Therefore, using boiling water to disinfect tableware is actually not very effective.

What to use to disinfect children's tableware

It is not recommended to use disinfectants to sterilize baby's tableware.

1. Boil and sterilize

Boil a pot of water, then put the baby's tableware in and boil for 10 minutes to disinfect and sterilize it. Then take out the tableware and store it in a relatively dry and ventilated environment to reduce the growth of bacteria.

2. Ultraviolet disinfection

If you have the conditions, you can use a disinfection cabinet and ultraviolet disinfection products to disinfect chopsticks and other tableware. Among them, the most efficient and convenient is ultraviolet LED disinfection, which can kill 99.9% of bacteria in just a few tens of seconds and is simple and convenient to use before meals.

Can I use disinfectant on baby's tableware?

Determining the safety of disinfectants

Whether the ingredients of the disinfectant have been tested by an authoritative testing agency for skin irritation to show that there is no irritation, toxicology test to show that there is actually no toxicity, corrosiveness test to show that there is no corrosion, pH test to show whether it is acidic, residual test to show that there is no residue, and bactericidal ability test to see if it can effectively kill hand, foot and mouth disease, norovirus, influenza virus, etc.

Try to choose disinfectants with a single or few ingredients.

Many disinfectants now claim to be plant-based formulas. After careful study, it was found that the ingredients of a certain plant were extracted and then some other chemicals were added to mix into the disinfectant. The chemicals are the real sterilization agents, and these disinfectants are low-kill disinfectants. At the same time, too many uncertain chemicals will remain in the baby bottle or evaporate into the air.