House Cleaning

Try to clean and dust around the house once a week. This is the best way to get rid of germs. Be sure to clean the sinks, showers, toilets, and tubs often with commercial grade household cleaning products. If you are on a budget, you can mix one-fourth cup of bleach in a gallon of water, but it is only good for 1 use. You need to remake it every time. If you are using bedpans, you should clean them after each use with bleach and replace them every month or so. If any body fluids, like blood, urine, vomit, feces, sperm, or vaginal fluids, get on furniture, just use soap and water or cleansers found at your grocery store.

Laundry

Continue to wash clothes and bed sheets of the person you are caring for just like any other laundry. If body fluids, such as blood, urine, vomit, feces, sperm, or vaginal fluids, get on the clothes or sheets, handle them as little as possible while wearing latex or household cleaning gloves, and put them in a plastic bag until you can wash them. Wash the soiled clothes or sheets in normal laundry detergent. You don't need bleach. A normal wash cycle is enough to kill any virus remaining on the clothes or sheets.

Personal Odds and Ends

People with HIV should never share razors, toothbrushes, tweezers, nail or cuticle clippers, pierced earrings or other pierced jewelry (eg, tongue rings, navel rings, eyebrow rings), or anything else that may be exposed to blood.