Thread by @lovemoz1

#thelaundress

💥UPDATE NOV 21, 2022

How to document your purchases-

1) If you ordered online from TheLaundress.com. you need to include the email address (s) you used

2) A receipt for the impacted product from Jan 1, 2020-November 2020.

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2/ Many bought their products via 3rd parties. Initially I bought mine through Amazon, the directly via The Laundress, so I have receipts.

However, if you don’t have the above, you need to include a photo of the product w/the Lot # and your initials + the date. See notice MORE

3/I personally recommend wearing a well-fitted N95 or better (use surgical tape or silicone tape for seal, double glove, sealed goggles-or tape around your glasses as Pseudomonas is spread by inhalation, eyes, wounds & micro tears.

One issue is that the company says MORE

4/they are not aware of any incidents caused by their products.

By aware, though, that most Pseudomonas is transmitted in hospitals or LTC facilities. The revelation that it has an affinity for laundry is surprising to say the least.

Therefore, most doctors would never MORE

5/think to ask a patient with Pseudomonas if they’ve been washing their clothes 🙄. I spoke w/several PCPs who were completely unaware of this mode of transmission. Many patients might just be told to treat flu symptoms.

If they ended up in the hospital & diagnosed with MORE

6/Pseudomonas a., many would assume it had been acquired as a nosocomial infection (common route).

I feel we need top-notch epidemiologists @mtosterholm & @CIDRAP crew to figure out how this occurred.

37M bottles of Pine Sol were recalled this summer w/Pseudomonas a.

rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

nymag.com/strategist/202…

consumerreports.org/product-safety…

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“The number of living bacteria was generally not lower in the WM effluent water as compared to the influent water. The laundering process caused a microbial exchange MORE

2/of influent water bacteria, skin-& clothes-related bacteria + biofilm-related bacteria in the WM. A variety of biofilm-producing bacteria were👉enriched in the effluent after laundering 👀 although their presence in the cotton sample was LOW.

Nearly all bacterial genera MORE

3/detected on the initial cotton sample were👉still present in the washed cotton samples. A selection for typical skin-and clothes-related microbial species occurred in the cotton samples after laundering.

Accordingly, malodour-causing microbial species might be further MORE

4/distributed to other clothes. The bacteria on the ingoing textiles contributed 🙀for a large part to the microbiome found in the textiles after laundering.”

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

eatthis.com/news-washing-m…

If using cold water on towels (or sheets, pillow cases bc they're dark), "you'll get more E-coli on your face when you dry it with a towel than if you stuck your head in a toilet and flushed."
ajc.com/pulse/your-ene…

"Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Seven days to seven months."
cleanipedia.com/gb/in-the-home…

"Contaminated textiles or fabrics may be a source of transmission for weeks. The presence of pathogens on the coats of HCWs is associated w/the presence of pathogens on their hands, demonstrating the relevance of textile contamination in patient care."
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

From above.
"Contamination of fabric-upholstered chair used by HCW in office adjacent to the ward was detected & suspected to have enhanced transmission to other HCWs."

Another example: "...meropenem-resistent A. baumannii in an ICU from curtains surrounding patient beds,"

nhs.uk/common-health-…

"While resp viruses like C-19,colds & flu survive a few days at most,viruses that cause diarrhea can survive for WEEKS.
Bacteria can survive for👉weeks& under some conditions GROW in STORED laundry. You leave lots of good things for bacteria to eat in clothes,bedding + towels."

Another article reminded people that carrying laundry to hampers & to the washing machine can contaminate you + suggested latex gloves & a N95 if family mbr is ill.
Drs started wearing bowties,see @PeterHotez + @DanielGriffinMD
bc long ties are fomites.
bhg.com/homekeeping/la…