It seems “energy saver” washing machines may not be killing all the potentially harmful pathogens on your clothing — as was reportedly the case at a hospital in Germany. Researchers, in a study ...

Bacteria may want you to save energy when doing your laundry but not for the right reasons. A new publication in Applied and Environmental Microbiology showed how cool bacteria may be with washing ...

Infants in the neonatal unit at a German hospital were exposed to deadly pathogens found growing in the washing machine that the hospital used to wash the children’s soiled laundry. K. oxytoca can ...