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It's time to boil the laundry

03.09.2005

It is customary in Swiss hospitals to disinfect hospital sheets and clothing with hot water at 80 degrees Celsius for one minute or 66 degrees Celsius for half an hour.

Swiss experts in household appliances from the Federal Technical Testing Laboratory drew attention to the fact that modern washing powders make it possible to wash clothes well at low water temperatures - only plus 40 and even 30 degrees Celsius. This saves energy, but does not allow the laundry to be disinfected.

According to French data, in 43% of cases, the housewife sets the temperature on the washing machine to 30 degrees Celsius. Experiments conducted in the laboratory have shown that after such washing, many microorganisms remain alive. They can also remain on the walls of the washing drum.

Therefore, Swiss engineers recommend running an "empty" wash on the machine from time to time with a water temperature of 90 degrees Celsius. This is not very important if you do laundry at home, since germs usually have time to spread between members of the same family without the participation of laundry. But, if you do laundry in a self-service laundry, first, without pawning your laundry, set the temperature to 95 degrees Celsius for a few minutes.

Based on these recommendations, some German manufacturers of washing machines began to supply their models with the H key (from the word Hygiene - hygiene), when pressed, the machine is filled with water, and this water is brought almost to a boil.

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