After I take out the soiled clothes from the washing machine? Or can I just spray Clorox bleach all over the machine and simply wipe off the insides?
Mom couldn't get to the toilet today and messed up the bathroom and her clothes. If this keeps happening often, what's the best way to disinfect the machine?
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Scrape as much poop off her clothes into the toilet as possible. Soak her clothes in a bucket with disinfectant for 15-20 minutes. Pour that water down the toilet. You can add a small amount of pine soap and/or a laundry booster such as Borax to wash her laundry. I would avoid using bleach, which is horrible for you (fumes) and the environment.
Good Point, if OP lives in a community with grey water systems. Where I live all waste water from a home goes into the sewer system and most homes on septic systems the same happens.
Our cottage has a soap trap for the kitchen sink then that grey water drains out under the lawn. That cottage is over 70 years old and that is not to code now.
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I would wipe the exterior down after loading the clothes and then it should all be clean when the WASH is complete.
If not, you should try the longest cycle and a double rinse or wash everything twice to ensure that her clothing is safe.
Is your washer a front loader or top. My Mom always left the top up after doing a load of wash. It helped the drum to dry out. Otherwise, it would smell musty. Those front loaders have that large gasket that tends to hold moisture and gets mildew on it. Not sure if leaving the door open would help.
I realize this is not realistic much of the time, but should be seriously considered at least once in a while. Clothing is cheap; getting the whole family sick from a contaminated load of laundry is no joke. How much are you spending on time, yuck factor, cleaning products...just to clean one pair of pants or underwear? If you can spare it and didn't really like that pair of pants anyway, use the clean part to wipe up the soiled patient before the real cleaning starts, then simply throw the soiled item away in it's own plastic bag, and then triple bag it, and throw it away. Try it at least once. It's such a great feeling to throw it away!! Wal Mart, Target, and Kohl's have very cheap clothing, and it's clean!!
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