Question about washing dish rags

If I wash dish rags in the same load as cleaning rags that are used to scrub mildew off, are the dish rags contaminated?

I asked a similar question last spring about whether it would contaminate the machine, but now I have just mixed up a whole bunch of cleaning rags and dish rags by mistake and washed them all together. Are the dish rags no longer suitable for dishes now? Sorry if it's an obvious question but I have asked it anyway.

Reply to
Jason Ducharme
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Just to be on the safe side, I'd probably re-wash them with a bit of bleach.

Nan

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Nan
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Wayne Boatwright

Bleach will kill the fungus and bacteria. Make sure to dry them thoroughly before storing them in a dry location.

Reply to
Phisherman

personally I wouldn't use them. They may be clinically clean and white as the driven snow but if they've been mopping up other dirt I wouldn't want them near my dishes or kitchen worktops.

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Dawn
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Wayne Boatwright

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