Make sure to have clean hands and everything your hands touch should be as clean as possible.

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Overall, if you had to evaluate your overall risk, keeping your hands clean is the more important concern.

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For now, you can get your hands dirty (clean?) by clicking past the break for the obligatory detailed press release and video demo.

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You don't have to get on your hands and knees and clean out the grate.

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However, if your mother-in-law is otherwise clean (washes her hands regularly, spot-cleans parts of her body that are dirty on a daily basis, and wears clean clothes for example) and is fully responsible for herself in other ways, this issue may not be a problem for her.

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