To safely launder clothing, towels, or linens contaminated by raw sewage, first discard heavily saturated porous garments that cannot be thoroughly sanitized. For salvageable items, pre-soak them in warm water mixed with an oxygen-based bleach or laundry sanitizer. Wash the clothes in the hottest water temperature recommended by the fabric care label, adding liquid chlorine bleach for whites or a phenolic disinfectant laundry additive for colors. Verification: Run a separate empty washing machine cleaning cycle with bleach afterward to sanitize the drum.
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