Contaminated Clothing

Contaminated clothing should be removed as soon as possible.  Clothing contaminated with blood or body fluids that may contain blood can be cleaned in an ordinary washing machine if specialist cleaning services are not available, using the hot cycle (80°C) or they can be dry cleaned at elevated temperature or dry-cleaned cold followed by steam pressing. If none of these are suitable the clothing may need to be incinerated. Clothing contaminated with other (non blood) body fluids can be washed in an ordinary washing machine at 60°C.