Are you doing a deep cleaning with your washing machine?
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Cleaning your clothes in a washing machine on a hot water setting of 60 ° C (140 ° F) can fail to remove potentially harmful bacteria – a discovery that can also contribute to the rise of antibiotic resistance.
Research has shown that Contaminated clothes can remain a source of infections for weeksBut also that Washing at 60 ° C with a detergent can get rid of your clothes of bacteriaAlso to remove those stubborn stains.
For example, NHS England recommends that its healthcare workers Wash their uniforms for 10 minutes at 60 ° C To remove almost all microorganisms, says Katie Leard At D. Montfort University in Leester, UK. “But my issue has always been that you don’t know what the machine is doing.”
Therefore, Lords and his colleagues tested six models of home washing machines, to see how well they have cleaned the fabric samples. Intestine Bacteria, which can cause various conditions, including urinary tract infections.
Testing both faster and standard both 60 ° C cycle, the team found that half the machines did not disinfect the clothing-the number of bacteria was reduced by at least 90 percent reduction during the end of a cut, and one-third still failed during a standard cycle.
“This is because there was not a large proportion of machines or not even reaching the temperature, which you think they are particularly on small cycles,” says Leird. “We had a machine that was working on just 20 ° C (68 ° F) and the person did not know.”
Lords and his colleagues also found evidence that resistance to microorganism detergents inside the washing machine, before and after a series of frauds after seeing bacteria. DNA samples showed that germs began to develop genes to help them survive.
The results suggest that the dissemination of infection and antibiotic resistance obtained from the hospital can be contributed by using a home washing machine to clean the healthcare uniform.
To reduce the number of bacteria and viruses in a home washing machine, laord suggests that people should regularly use washing-machine germicide, to clean the machine to clean the 90 ° C (194 ° F) cycle and use a descaler to prevent the manufacture of Limcale, which can prevent working elements.
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(Tagstotransite) bacteria
