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• Health

  How to Find a Clean and Healthy Hospital

  It’s easy to assume hospitals continuously sanitize or disinfect almost every square inch of space, but this isn’t necessarily so.
• Health

  Health and Safety Guide for Gardeners

  Ready to breathe in the fresh air? Read this first.
• Deck

  Top Deck Treatments

  Consumer Reports helps homeowners choose deck treatments that can "weather" summer and winter.
• Pets

  For Dummies® — Keeping a Pet-Friendly Home Clean

  A clean home is a comfortable home — for both you and your pet.
• Clutter

  It Pays To Clean Up On Clutter

  There are ways to trade old, unwanted electronics for cash.
• Motivation

  Why Your Child Should Discover Nature - and How This Helps Your Housekeeping

  Families that spend more time in nature may see surprising benefits. For starters, when the family and kids are outdoors, they are not underfoot and making housekeeping challenging. But there is much more...
• Organizing Strategies

  Spring into Action and Stow Away your Winter Wardrobe

  Organize your winter wardrobe to stow away for next year.
• Energy Efficiency

  Clean Coils Improve Energy Efficiency

  HVAC coils should be cleaned at regular intervals for optimum efficiency.
• Motivation

  How Did I Get So Disorganized?

  Finding the cause of clutter in your life is a key to making lasting change.
• Health

  Keeping Loved Ones Safe in Hospitals - Prevent Infections by Being a Good Visitor

  When a hospital becomes a 'Home Away from Home' for family members or significant others, help keep them safe by being a prepared visitor.
• Organizing Strategies

  Give Yourself a Hand in Organizing Mittens, Scarves and Coats

  Getting ready to go in the morning is hectic enough, so make sure your coat closet is streamlined for quick and easy access to your winter wear.
• Organizing Strategies

  The Possibility Principle

  By getting organized, you can free up “bandwidth” in your life to pursue the possibilities.
• Laundry

  Airing Dirty Laundry Issues

  A 1999 University of Arizona study found 25% of home washing machines were contaminated with fecal bacteria. Several factors were implicated in contributing to the contamination of the washers.
• Organizing Strategies

  Less-is-More Furniture Trend May Mean More Clutter and Less Storage

  When furniture shopping, keep storage and organization in mind. If you like a simple, clean design, then you are going to hate it cluttered with things. Make sure to choose pieces that will hold and organize the things you own.
• Chores

  Chore Planning Saves the Weekend!

  Establish a weekly routine that saves you time — when you want it.
• Disaster Safety

  Safety Tips for Flood Victims

  A safety alert from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
• Mold

  Silent Menace in Your Home: Mold

  Hannah Keeley offers this first installment in her Healthy Home series about hidden dangers in your home — and what to do about them.
• Motivation

  Your Housecleaning Style

  Are you a clean freak or a more easy-going type? Customize your cleaning habits to your personality and self-expectations.
• Safety

  Save Your Shins and Other Needed Body Parts

  Develop safety habits that get your home clean without doing you in.
• Consumer Reports

  ShopSmart Poll: Only 7% of Women Hate Cleaning Their Homes; Spend Five Hours Per Week Cleaning

  According to a Consumer Reports ShopSmart Poll, the bathroom is the least favorite place to clean, and people prefer vacuuming.

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