Here's what I did today: I wore a big brimmed gardening hat with my hair pulled up into a bun inside the hat, my wrap-around sunglasses, N-95 mask, a light scarf to cover the mask and rubber gloves. I only had my debit card and my key fob for the car in my pocket. I parked next to a cart coral and took a cart into the store that had been sitting outside in the sunshine. There were no wipes in the store near the door and I didn't want to waste the few I had with me to wipe the cart, but I'm hoping getting a cart that has been outside for a while will mean less chance of virus on it. And I had gloves on my hands anyway.
When I returned to the car with my groceries I left my gloves on and used the key fob to unlock the car (read on before you freak out). I opened the trunk and placed my bags on a blanket I had spread out as a barrier between the bags and the car. Then I returned the cart to the corral and opened my drivers side door, only touching the outside handle with my gloves. I stood outside the car with the door open. Before touching anything inside my car I removed my gloves inside out the way a nurse does. I had a bottle of hand sanitizer, wipes and clean empty grocery bags in my car door. I placed the inside out gloves inside a bag, removed my hat, sunglasses, scarf, and mask and placed them all into a second bag. Without touching anything in my car I placed the bags of contaminated items on the floor on the passengers side. Then I used hand sanitizer on my hands. Then I removed a wipe and wiped down my key fob and my debit card and sanitized my hands again for good measure. Then I got into my car and drove home.
I was careful not to touch my face the entire time. When I got home I put on a fresh pair of gloves and took a wipe and wiped the outside handle of my car as well as the trunk where I had touched to open it. Then I used wipes to clean anything cold that needed to be put away right away. As I cleaned the items from the trunk I placed the clean items onto a clean counter in my kitchen to dry. I cleaned all the cold items and unbagged all the rest of the groceries and left anything that is shelf stable in the car. Fortunately we are having mild weather and it won't get too hot this week. To save on wipes I'm leaving everything non-perishable in the car for 3 days. This won't work when it gets hotter but I'll figure that out when we get there. I removed my second pair of gloves and washed my hands before touching my fridge or freezer to put away the cold items. I threw the used gloves away, hung my mask on a nail in my garage, washed my glasses in hot soapy water and put my hat and scarf directly into the washing machine along with all the clothing I was wearing. Then I washed my hands again, closed the washing machine door and showered and put on clean clothes.
I'm exhausted now. It's not a perfect system but I did the best I could to clean anything before it came into my house, washed my hands frequently and tried not to touch my face. I can't wait for someone to invent a pass through grocery washer that I can install between my garage and kitchen. LOL. I'm thinking something like one those industrial dishwashers that you run the dishes through on a conveyor belt would work, only with a UV light system instead of strong blasts of water. Wouldn't it be nice to put all the groceries on a tray and push it through some UV rays or misting sanitizer and come out clean on the other side?