I am so excited for you both. Not everyone goes into remission with the first induction. Especially remission on the day 14 BMB. Congratulations!!!!! This is such Great news. Celebrate!!
I also had AML m5. If I can help in any way let me know.
My husband and son kept the disinfecting wipes in every room and constantly wiped down door knobs, faucet knobs, refrigerator handle, light switch plates, commode handle. They did this several times a day. Of course this was while I was at home.
Before I came home there must have been 6 to 8 women (friends & family) came to my house and cleaned for 2 days. They even disinfected the inside of the frig. I really don't know everything they did but my house hadn't been that clean since it was brand new 
Many Blessings!!!
Sherry
Hi Kay,
Welcome to our little community, and congrats to your hubby on achieving remission. That's a great first step.
You've already received some good advice about prepping the house, and the nurses are also good ones to ask for guidance as to do's and don'ts once you get him home. I was given a handout at the hospital with general guidelines, so you might ask if something like that is available. We used different knives/cutting boards for meat and for vegetables/fruit, and he will still need to be careful about certain foods if he is able to do his consolidation treatments on an outpatient basis during the periods when he is neutropenic. We got rid of the sponges in the kitchen and were careful about only using paper towels instead of kitchen towels.
No cleaning litter boxes or toilets...there's gotta be an upside to all this, and I guess that would qualify! 
- WBF
Depending on what his original blast count was, 12% is probably pretty good for one induction. It shows the chemo is working.
I was in the hospital for seven weeks for my first induction and eight weeks for my second induction and transplant. Now, I'm a bit of a homebody so it didn't bother me too much to be in one room. But I did get out of my room and walk around the hospital a lot. That provided a change of scenery. On the days I couldn't walk, well, I really didn't care where I was as I was mostly in bed anyway.
I also enjoy playing video games and I had my Xbox with me when I was in a suite in OKC for my first induction and my laptop and games for my SCT in Seattle. I also like to read but I couldn't focus well enough to do so. But maybe he could.
Those are the things that helped make my stays possible. I just stayed distracted and, luckily (?!) I slept a lot.
Hope this helps.
Blessings
Hi Kay,
I dunno, I don't think any of us like to be locked up. I'm an outdoorsy sort, but thankfully I went through my induction and month-long stay during one of the worst Decembers on record in these parts - much like what the East coasters are dealing with this week. Still, I left plenty of noseprints on the windows! Maybe get him a calendar so he can cross the days off??? 
You've had some good suggestions already - I would have had a much harder time if I couldn't have had my laptop, and thankfully the hosital had Wi-Fi. I am not much of a TV person, and the books I managed to read were pretty light fare, not much thinking required. I found my ability to concentrate was greatly diminished, and my eyes were affected by the chemo so it was hard to read. I walked the halls as much as I could, got up every day and sat in the chair instead of laying in bed, got cleaned up whether I felt like it or not, even tricked the night watchman into offering me a guest pass after visiting hours because the only time I wore the hospital garb when when I was having fevers/sweats - at that point, I let the hospital do the laundry! I've heard some say they watched movies - comedies to make them laugh.
I just kept telling myself that every day was one step closer to being out and free of the IV pole. You'll both be in my thoughts.
- WBF