Cleaning Lice On Carpeting And Clothes

The risk of getting infested by a louse that has fallen onto a carpet or furniture is very small.

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. Only launder dirty clothing. Head lice are spread most commonly by direct head to head hair to hair contact. Many people spend hours and hundreds of dollars on cleaning their home and carpets.

As above keep this garbage bag somewhere it won t accidentally be opened. For more read our article lice and carpets clothing. 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. Vacuum the floor if it is carpeted.

Once the clothes have been washed put them in the dryer on high heat. Either remove rugs and put in the dryer for 40 minutes on high heat or vacuum them or place them in a garbage bag for 48 hours. 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. Once you return to the items the lice will have died.

If a fabric item cannot be washed or taken to a dry cleaner seal it in a plastic bag and store it for two weeks. Take the bag outside and shake out the enclosed item then vacuum well to remove any dead lice. Take dry clean only items to a professional but mention that the item has been exposed to lice.