I got to spend a lovely few days in the hospital and I took along my favorite Pajamas. I can only imagine what creepy crawlies I brought home! I can't use bleach on them and Im wondering if the sanitize cycle on my machine (it's supposed to get up to 150) is enough to kill any lingering germs or if there is an additive I can use to take care of it in addition to the hot water. Thanks!
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I think washing them in hot water with a good detergent and drying them in the dryer on the regular or high heat setting should make them safe to wear.
Do you have a
Clothesline? Good old ultra violet light should do the trick. Hang um out in the sun for 1/2a day, then launder, then line dry in the sun.
HTH
Clothesline? Good old ultra violet light should do the trick. Hang um out in the sun for 1/2a day, then launder, then line dry in the sun.
HTH
Oh For Goodness Sake
Wash the things in whatever hot water you have handy then chuck them into the dryer until toasty. Problem (and not sure if there was one to begin with) solved. *LOL*
Nurses have been laundering their uniforms at home for decades now and have yet heard of any household coming down with an outbreak of disease.
Wash the things in whatever hot water you have handy then chuck them into the dryer until toasty. Problem (and not sure if there was one to begin with) solved. *LOL*
Nurses have been laundering their uniforms at home for decades now and have yet heard of any household coming down with an outbreak of disease.
Nurses' uniforms
The real problem there is all of the contamination they pick up on the way to work if they are worn to work.
The real problem there is all of the contamination they pick up on the way to work if they are worn to work.
perc-o-prince
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OYE!
It is this very attitude of sanitizing everything and hitting every little germ that invades us with an antibiotic that has gotten us to the point that we can't fight off these germs and viruses like we used to! Now they have morphed to survive our onslaught of antibiotics.
Folks! Many of us over the age of fifty can attest that, as little kids, we ate dirt, drank out of garden hoses, picked our noses, didn't wash our hands then ate our sandwiches outside on the grass that, God forbid, animals walked and pissed on and WE DIDN"T DIE from it. Most of us have stronger immune systems than people who are in their 20's.
People are just way too OCD and paranoid about sanitizing everything.
I am a HPCNA (hospice/palliative care nursing assistant)by profession. I'm exposed daily to urine, feces, vomit... and I use common sense universal precautions and I have yet to become sick from my environment. I wash my uniforms/scrubs in my washing machine with hot water and soap (I add Lysol if I know that I have been directly exposed to certain viruses and bleach if exposed to noroviruses "stomach flu")
Andi, I wouldn't worry about my pajamas too much...I'd be more concerned with any door knob that you touch during the day. Far more germs on one door knob than on your pajamas.
Just saying ;-)
Rich
It is this very attitude of sanitizing everything and hitting every little germ that invades us with an antibiotic that has gotten us to the point that we can't fight off these germs and viruses like we used to! Now they have morphed to survive our onslaught of antibiotics.
Folks! Many of us over the age of fifty can attest that, as little kids, we ate dirt, drank out of garden hoses, picked our noses, didn't wash our hands then ate our sandwiches outside on the grass that, God forbid, animals walked and pissed on and WE DIDN"T DIE from it. Most of us have stronger immune systems than people who are in their 20's.
People are just way too OCD and paranoid about sanitizing everything.
I am a HPCNA (hospice/palliative care nursing assistant)by profession. I'm exposed daily to urine, feces, vomit... and I use common sense universal precautions and I have yet to become sick from my environment. I wash my uniforms/scrubs in my washing machine with hot water and soap (I add Lysol if I know that I have been directly exposed to certain viruses and bleach if exposed to noroviruses "stomach flu")
Andi, I wouldn't worry about my pajamas too much...I'd be more concerned with any door knob that you touch during the day. Far more germs on one door knob than on your pajamas.
Just saying ;-)
Rich
I ask because along with being 35 weeks pregnant and very high risk, I also have a very sick 4 year old that at the moment has almost no immune system with which to fight off any germ. Hospitals are filthy places and I wanted to do whatever I could to make sure I wasn't bringing anything into contact with my family that could cause issues.
Stan, we live on post and aren't allowed to have clothes lines :-/
Stan, we live on post and aren't allowed to have clothes lines :-/
arbilab
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Let your frontloader half fill, pause. Add detergent and 6 drops iodine (Lugol's Veggie Wash or equivalent), move drum to mix, add clothes and resume. Don't get iodine on anything undiluted.
Bearing in mind however, the human body is a much more favorable medium for carrying pathogens around than pajamas are.
Bearing in mind however, the human body is a much more favorable medium for carrying pathogens around than pajamas are.
Well said Rich! Since when did drinking out the garden hose cause lead poisoning, I mean really!
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