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Anti-mite barrier covers

Cover mattress, duvets, and pillows in anti-mite barrier covers. All beds in the room should be treated in this way - even those of non-allergic children, Magnus Robot Fighter their bedding flat rate conference calls also harbour dust car insurance for and their allergen.

Bed linen should be changed weekly and washed at a high temperature (56C/133F or above) to kill the dust mite and remove the allergen. Other bedclothes, such as bedspreads, must also be washed weekly at high temperatures.

In hot, sunny climates an alternative to washing thicker bedclothes, such as quilts or bedspreads, on a weekly basis Goingdown to hang them in strong sunlight for several hours each week. The sunlight should kill most of the mites, and so reduce the amount of allergen produced. The remaining allergen will have to be washed out, possibly at only 3-monthly intervals.

The duvets and pillows themselves do not need regular washing if they have been covered with barrier covers. However, you will have to wipe the cover with a damp (but not wet) cloth to remove dust mites every time you change the bedding. Modern barrier covers are water permeable, so if a child wets the bed you will need to strip off all the bedding and wash it. Thorough drying of bedclothes is important, especially of thicker items such as quilts, to eliminate any risk of dampness and, therefore, mould growth.

Bunk and divan beds

If bunk beds are used, the allergic child should sleep on the top bed, as dust mites and allergen will drift down from the top bunk on to the child below. Divan beds inhibit the circulation of air beneath the mattress, and so any clothes or toys stored in drawers beneath the bed should be in breathable plastic storage bads to prevent mite colonization.

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