Do dishwashers sanitize dishes on regular/eco cycle and with regular detergent?

[Anonymous]

If no, are you putting yourself at risk by using regular/eco cycle?

[Anonymous]

Unless you’re preparing food for someone with a very compromised immune system, you are overthinking this.

[Anonymous]

yes

[Anonymous]

The detergent does the cleaning. Sanitize is just faster drying. Less spots, but little additional cleaning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless you’re preparing food for someone with a very compromised immune system, you are overthinking this.

Or the elderly, etc

[Anonymous]

Omg yes it’s fine. Soap and hot water kill germs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless you’re preparing food for someone with a very compromised immune system, you are overthinking this.

Or the elderly, etc

DCUM elderly? Which is > 50.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The detergent does the cleaning. Sanitize is just faster drying. Less spots, but little additional cleaning.

Faster drying because of higher temps. Higher temperatures can stop bacteria growth and/or kill bacteria: bacteria stops growing at <47°F and at >146°F, and bacteria is killed at >212°F (boiling point).

The efficacy of OP's dishwasher to stop bacteria growth or to kill bacteria depends on the setpoint of OP's dishwasher for the sanitizer function.

[Anonymous]

Once you touch the food, you have probably undone anything the dishwasher does anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once you touch the food, you have probably undone anything the dishwasher does anyway.

Also once you open the dishwasher and take out the dishes to put them away.

They're dishes, not syringes.

[Anonymous]

I'm beginning to hate the word "sanitize." What does that even mean? Just press start. It will be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The detergent does the cleaning. Sanitize is just faster drying. Less spots, but little additional cleaning.

Faster drying because of higher temps. Higher temperatures can stop bacteria growth and/or kill bacteria: bacteria stops growing at <47°F and at >146°F, and bacteria is killed at >212°F (boiling point).

The efficacy of OP's dishwasher to stop bacteria growth or to kill bacteria depends on the setpoint of OP's dishwasher for the sanitizer function.

After washing in detergent for 20 minutes, what is it killing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The detergent does the cleaning. Sanitize is just faster drying. Less spots, but little additional cleaning.

Faster drying because of higher temps. Higher temperatures can stop bacteria growth and/or kill bacteria: bacteria stops growing at <47°F and at >146°F, and bacteria is killed at >212°F (boiling point).

The efficacy of OP's dishwasher to stop bacteria growth or to kill bacteria depends on the setpoint of OP's dishwasher for the sanitizer function.

After washing in detergent for 20 minutes, what is it killing?

I am not sure but I doubt the washing is perfect. A big part of the washing is moving around water contaminated by the particles on that item and everything else in the dishwasher. Although I guess the rinsing is fresh water ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The detergent does the cleaning. Sanitize is just faster drying. Less spots, but little additional cleaning.

Faster drying because of higher temps. Higher temperatures can stop bacteria growth and/or kill bacteria: bacteria stops growing at <47°F and at >146°F, and bacteria is killed at >212°F (boiling point).

The efficacy of OP's dishwasher to stop bacteria growth or to kill bacteria depends on the setpoint of OP's dishwasher for the sanitizer function.

After washing in detergent for 20 minutes, what is it killing?

I am not sure but I doubt the washing is perfect. A big part of the washing is moving around water contaminated by the particles on that item and everything else in the dishwasher. Although I guess the rinsing is fresh water ...

But a 30 second wash with lukewarm water and rinse of my hands is clean?

[Anonymous]

I thought "they" attributed the rise in allergies, in part, to things like dishwashers and antibacterial crap. Don't know if that's still a relevant opinion.

Who has gotten sick from non-sanitized dishes?