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The 7-Second Washer Trick
Your Washer Could Be Putting Bacteria Back Into Your Clean Laundry. An Infection-Control Nurse Shows the 7-Second Trick That Gets It to Clean Itself
Her son's staph infection kept coming back. After testing everything he touched, she found the bacteria in the last place she checked: the rubber seal on her washer. Watch nurse Rachel Moore show what hot water, bleach and the self-clean cycle leave behind, and the trick she uses instead.
- Reaches the slime layer hiding in the rubber seal, behind the drum and in the drain hose
- About 7 seconds of your time: empty drum, close the door, press start
- Based on the way hospitals clean surgical instruments
- No scrubbing, no bleach soaks, no vinegar
- See how to check your own washer in 10 seconds
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