Cleaning Lice On Carpeting And Clothes

To learn how to use dry cleaning to get lice off clothes read more from our nurse co author.

Cleaning lice on carpeting and clothes.

Only launder dirty clothing. Many people spend hours and hundreds of dollars on cleaning their home and carpets. However much less frequently they are spread by sharing clothing or belongings onto which lice have crawled or nits attached to shed hairs may have fallen. A common misconception about treating people and homes that have had contact with lice is that the only way to get them out of the house is to put everything in the home that is made of any type of fabric in plastic bags for two weeks and have the furniture and carpets cleaned.

Head lice are spread most commonly by direct head to head hair to hair contact. Vacuum the floor if it is carpeted. As above keep this garbage bag somewhere it won t accidentally be opened. If you have anything that can t be washed such as silk or wool items you can place them in a sealed plastic bag for 2 weeks to kill the lice.

Take dry clean only items to a professional but mention that the item has been exposed to lice. Instead of wasting precious resources on unnecessary cleaning go to the article ultimate lice cleaning checklist that explains what to clean and how to clean it. Take the bag outside and shake out the enclosed item then vacuum well to remove any dead lice. For more read our article lice and carpets clothing.

The most important thing about getting rid of lice isn t cleaning inanimate objects it s making sure you ve gotten rid of lice. The risk of getting infested by a louse that has fallen onto a carpet or furniture is very small. Once the clothes have been washed put them in the dryer on high heat.