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From: browne@savax.UUCP (Duff Browne)
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Subject: Re: Re: dishwasher as sterilizer
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 08:48:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 17 08:48:11 1986
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> In article <867@ellie.UUCP>, colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes:
> > 
> > You need _steam_ to kill those bugs.  Hot water and water vapor only
> > make them uncomfortable.
> > -- 
> In terms of heat this is true but does anyone know about the sterilizing
> effect of dishwasher detergents? These are generally fairly harsh as they
> don't come into contact with skin much and might have more of an effect
> on germs than normal sink-type detergents.

I would use a bit of chlorine bleach in the dish washer (make sure that the
washer has started the wash cycle - sometimes they drain the washer before
starting the wash cycle).  From the smell of detergents when they get wet, 
they make a little of their own chlorine-smelling gas. Extra couldn't hurt...

Duff