STERILISING OF TEXTILES
The normal dry cleaning and laundering applied to textile articles sterilises them satisfactorily .It must be realised that to get textile articles completely sterilised is difficult .Only certain cotton articles ,e.g.bed linen ,cotton underwear ect. , may be boiled fir at least twenty minutes ,the articles should be completely sterilised . they become recontaminated somewhat within twenty-four hours just form the micro-organisms in the air .