Here's what we do when grocery shopping.

[trof]

Put credit card and driver's license in plastic badge holder on neck lanyard.
I don't want to contaminate my wallet.
The plastic cards and holder are easy to sterilize.

Have gloves (several pair) in the car along with Clorox wipes and a container with a lid.
(haven't had/worn masks, but will from now on.)
Glove up before leaving car.
(It is NOT easy to open those plastic produce bags while gloved, BUT IT CAN BE DONE!)

Back at the car, we have a easy open automatic/kick hatch.
No hands.
Load groceries into car.
Carefully remove gloves, not touching with ungloved skin. Google it, it pretty easy.
Put gloves in container and put on lid.
Wipe hands with Clorox wipes as extra precaution.
You DO NOT want the passenger section of the car to be contaminated.

Do you wipe down grocery items?
CDC says 'probably' not necessary.
Up to you.

How about mail?
Again they say 'probably' not.

I am trying to get into the habit of washing my hands after returning, anytime I leave the house.

Oh yes, the used gloves in the 'contaminated container.
I wash them and the container with soap and hot water.
They are more easily washed than hands.
No fingerprints/ridges, wrinkles, nails, cuticles.
They can be reused.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

1. When we get home this is what we do...

Love your ideas about going out...

We clean when we get home... got this set up in the garage.

[rzemanfl]

3. Bookmarking for the video. n/t

[trof]

7. Thanks. Some good ideas.

I would have worn gloves.
But this is good and should be seen.

[MLAA]

2. I disinfectant wipe all incoming items...the mail I have a different routine.

Groceries, everything. I actually Then I wipe all doorknobs and door bells. Then wash hands. Then re-wipe inside door knobs.

I even wipe the scissors I use to open packages.

Mail: bring in house letting it touch nothing but a bench in foyer. I open it, read it, throw it away then wipe down the bench with a wipe and wash my hands.

*. I’ve washed my hands so many times I have now sung happy birthday to 17,000,000 Americans give or take (assuming an even distribution of people’s birthdays per day)

[at140]

4. Funny you posted this becaue I was at grocery store this afternoon

I did not have a mask on, but did wipe the handle of shopping cart with germ killer spray.
After bringing groceries home, I prepared a solution with half teaspoon of dish washing fluid,
and same amount of Clorox in half a gallon of water. Then with a wash cloth dipped in that and squeezed out, cleaned the top of kitchen counter. Then cleaned outsides of all grocery item boxes and bags, then wiped dry with another wash cloth before placing on the counter.

Here is the thing, even if you touch spots in stores where others have touched, that is not really dangerous, but absolutely avoid touching your face until you had a chance to thoroughly wash hands with soap.

[OhNo-Really]

5. I toss ALL packaging & put stuff in either

Zip lock the cereal, pasta, rice Etc & put disinfected scrubbed produce the special produce cloth washable bags.

Run to trash with discarded packaging. I have washable rubber gloves

My daughter orders curb side grocery pick up & drops off at my garage door.

When done kitchen keys a wet wash wich I let air dry. I treasure again and dry with paper towels to remove water marks.

It’s a tedious process but a stitch in time saves nine

I don’t personally feel protected unless items are submerged & bathed in soap and a titch of bleach.

I wish this CV19 glowed in the dark.

[at140]

6. It is safer what you did but do read my last pragraph in previous post....

and the virus cells on paper boxes die in a few hours anyway. Just do not touch face after handling them.

[trof]

8. You guys (us) are GREAT!

We need a Covid 19 forum!
The younguns need to see this.

[mountain grammy]

9. Thanks for the great advice

and to all others on this thread

Good advice. I've been doing some but not all of this and will become even more stringent..