Doesn't hot water kill bacteria though?
Doesn't hot water kill bacteria though?
Peace.
It's a function of heat and time. I can't tell you the details for the common bacteria, some are harder to kill than others.Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
My issue is that there's no real standardisation or knowledge behind the action. Water temp and rinsing time isn't controlled. USA's EPA recommends boiling water for 1 minute, for example to make water safe to drink. The way people commonly rinse their stuff at restaurants neither uses boiling water nor reaches 1 minute. That's why restaurants are supposed to sanitise their utensils after rinsing, because bacteria still remains. Many don't though.
Users are lulled into a false sense of security because they're using the hot water as if it's an alcohol wash. Bringing your own alcohol wipes would be the way to go if you were so worried.
Even then they probably wouldn't know how to use it, because to killing of bacteria with alcohol happens as the alcohol dries. That means that you should wait 30secs to 2minutes after wiping for the actual killing action to complete.
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