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I'd put the items in the chamber, turn on the light, and close the lid. After 15 minutes, the side facing the light would be fully decontaminated; I'd take them out, put them clean-side down on a sterile counter, throw out the plastic wrap that was on top of the tin foil, remove my gloves, scrub my hands, put on new gloves, put down fresh plastic, and put the items back in the chamber with a potentially contaminated side up, remove my gloves, close the chamber, set it to run another 15 minutes, scrub my hands, sterilize the counter where I'd put the item(s) down, then scrub my hands again. After doing all "six" sides, I deemed the item(s) sufficiently decontaminated and moved them to a "mostly sterile" section. If you're keeping track, it took about 2 hours for each set of things to go through UV-C decontamination, so it was slow! Once all the UV-C decontamination was done, I'd wipe down the tin foil with Lysol wipes, let it dry, then put down a fresh layer of plastic wrap, ready for next time.
Once all the items were decontaminated, I'd scrub down the "hot zone" counter. Then I'd scrub my hands again and change my shirt and gloves, put on fresh sneakers, then I'd get out fresh bags and, using the lists on the fridge, re-pack the items per-person.
As mentioned, aside from myself, I was handling buying stuff for my sister and two other friends. I'd pack up everything going to one person and put it in the back seat of my car: the trunk was the "hot zone"; the front seat was the "I'm potentially infected" zone; and the rear seat was the clean zone. Whenever I was in the car, I'd open the front passenger-side window, and the rear driver-side window; this created a natural "wind" barrier between myself and the items in the back seat, to minimize the risk of my accidentally reinfecting the items. I'd also wear a mask and gloves, to be careful; I didn't want to infect and potentially kill someone I cared about.
I'd go to my friend's place / my sister's place and drop everything off six feet from their front door, and stand back while they brought everything inside.
Then I'd go home, disinfect car doors, keys and doorknobs, leave my shoes outside, strip off my clothes directly into the washer, scrub my hands, start the laundry, take a shower, put on fresh clothesc and yet another pair of shoes, and drop off stuff to the second person. Then home again, more disinfecting, another change of clothes and shoes, another shower, and the final drop-off. Then home, * more* disinfecting, another change of clothes, and another shower.
Honestly? It was fucking exhausting. I was so glad when they decided fomite transmission wasn't the big risk they'd thought it was!