How Clean Are Your Bed Sheets?

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5 ай бұрын

People spend about one-third of their entire lives in bed, so keeping your bed clean is important. To find out how clean some people’s beds are, Inside Edition visited the home of busy mom Nikita Gibson. After swabbing their sheets and pillowcases, we sent the samples to Micrim Labs for a full bacteria analysis. One of her children’s beds had a bacteria count of over a million. Inside Edition’s Steven Fabian has more.

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@Kiki_Bear 5 ай бұрын

I mean, those numbers make it seem yucky, but for better context, what is the average amount of bacteria on literally everything?

@Sourusophyexe 5 ай бұрын

You can Google it lol. Toilet around 3k bacteria, glasses around 1.3k, covid mask around 400, pillowcase around 300, smartphone 38, kitchen surface 23. Suprisingly under nail has over 50k bacteria. But obviously the methodology of them measuring it is very goofy and has the same downfalls as statistical analysis of behaviours in human population or political leanings etc. They took a sample and then extrapolated it using some statistical analysis method, since obviously they can't measure the whole bed. That is why you get some ridiculous numbers like 6 million or 7 million. I don't know their methodology, but the most rudimentary one that can highlight it is something like "sample * size area" so maybe there is 5 thousand bacteria on that swab sample, but multiplied by the whole area it's like OH MY GOSH 6 million, when in reality it's effectively still 5 thousand bacteria. The more reasonable method of measurement would be CFU/cm^2 (number of colonies formed per cm^2 of surface). Which would yield better understanding than "lololo millions of bacteria". Like yeah, you have millions of bacteria in your stomach and in your teeth that help you digest stuff and protect your body in symbiosis lol. Ironically the most "bacteria-ridden" thing in the house is not bathroom, but door handles. Eg. in one study - "Fourteen different colonies of bacteria were living on the knob. Each colony contained more than a million bacteria" - 14 million bacteria. And people touch handles every day and still live and function normally.

@NgarakoryFalls 5 ай бұрын

@@Sourusophyexeyour so smart! 😮

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

@@Sourusophyexe Most people don’t think even think of disinfecting door and cupboard handles, heck most people don’t think twice about getting home after being out and going straight to the fridge before washing their hands.

@wantflappywing1355 5 ай бұрын

I probrably have a whole galaxy of bacteria on my bed sheets

@heatherdeep8367 5 ай бұрын

Dude sleeping on a multiverse

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

@@heatherdeep8367 😂

@cottonsoxx1677 5 ай бұрын

Our immune system: Am I a joke to you..?

@Vertex_vortex 5 ай бұрын

“We spend one third of our life in bed” We also spend one third of our life in traffic too😂

@k.b2457 5 ай бұрын

and the left is left for work.just throw me away

@gelliebeane6789 5 ай бұрын

😳 😔

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

😂🤣🤣

@lindseybrannock8871 5 ай бұрын

The less you wash your sheets, the stronger your immune system is! 😂

@AlexRocks80s80s 5 ай бұрын

I leave my boogers on the side too ☺️

@_PAIGE94 5 ай бұрын

The kids were so happy and excited 🤣🤣

@FinalStage4L 5 ай бұрын

How clean is your butt if you use toilet paper 🧻

@hiroikkuneko 5 ай бұрын

Not. Use a bidet.

@davooo7 5 ай бұрын

I use onions

@user-mw8sn3lm9k 5 ай бұрын

Not clean. I have my salad tossed nightly.

@zyourzgrandzmaz 5 ай бұрын

@@hiroikkunekoI use sea shells like Rob Schneider.

@user-er3ri6sc3j 5 ай бұрын

@@user-mw8sn3lm9kJelly or syrup? I prefer syrup. Because when it's jelly you pretend it's something else. But if it's syrup you know what it is.

@FrolicGamers 5 ай бұрын

just realized I haven't washed my bed sheets in like 4-5 months lol

@TG-ke9ve 5 ай бұрын

I wash mine twice a year! That’s probably why I don’t get sick coz I’m so used to all kinds of bacteria

@FrolicGamers 5 ай бұрын

well I think I haven't washed them from May 2023

@1224jm 5 ай бұрын

nah wtf lmao

@user-er3ri6sc3j 5 ай бұрын

I sleep alone. Not by choice.

@joanjettwannabe 5 ай бұрын

I haven’t washed my sheets since October

@mdml0 5 ай бұрын

If you don't wash your sheets for hygienic reasons then at least for that nice feeling of sleeping on fresh and warm bedsheets that just came out of the dryer.

@evanduffy8130 5 ай бұрын

I feel like they do these studies all the time (with water bottles, sheets, phones, etc.) and just always harp on the crazy high number of bacteria count with little-to-no comparison or context on what that even means.. not really useful information, pretty much everything is covered with super high counts of bacteria. I don’t get the purpose of these videos.

@Sourusophyexe 5 ай бұрын

Sensationalization. Media nowadays likes the scare culture and "millions of bacteria" sound shocking and spooky. Imagine the shock of average American discovering that they actually have trillions of bacteria in their stomach or teeth that helps them digest and protects their body lol and getting rid of that bacteria can kill you. "Our gut harbours a complex community of over 100 trillion microbial cells which influence human physiology, metabolism, nutrition and immune function while disruption to the gut microbiota has been linked with gastrointestinal conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and obesity."

@crfgangs2446 5 ай бұрын

Them lil ones 1M that’s crazy

@AdamThygerson-lm1gt 5 ай бұрын

Higher bacteria ppm has little to nothing to do with danger.

@zyourzgrandzmaz 5 ай бұрын

Uhh what? Ppm has direct correlation to lung and skin health. But yeah, who needs lungs and skin no danger here guy's were all good bring. In the elderly and new born babies.

@AdamThygerson-lm1gt 5 ай бұрын

@@zyourzgrandzmaz the thing is that most bacteria is good for you, media has made every think its evil

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

Nothing like ignorance.

@hgfku-tn6hb 5 ай бұрын

If you want to double the number of your enemies , you should talk of cleanliness

@zyourzgrandzmaz 5 ай бұрын

And politics. Can even double down and talk about who's the cleanest politician😂 boom successfully friendless.

@katyrebel18 5 ай бұрын

I sleep with my dog. I dont even wanna know

@MikeG82 5 ай бұрын

Don’t call your husband that

@yanglee789 5 ай бұрын

Same here

@doggiedoter 5 ай бұрын

2 dogs and a cat...

@tabthecabbit3354 5 ай бұрын

I just washed my bedsheets today And then this comes on.

@GalaxyFluke 5 ай бұрын

I wash my every single Sunday like clock work. Sometimes I do on Wednesdays too if I have time to get through the week

@KevinLupul 5 ай бұрын

Good to know I’m not sleeping alone tonight

@stezton 5 ай бұрын

I bet anything they check would have quite a bit of bacteria.

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

When we bought our beds we bought mattress protectors, pillow protectors, wash the linen once a week in, all protectors once every 6 weeks and the doonas every 6 months. All linen washed in 35’C and the doonas 30’C, the Bosch works like a dream.

@txwombat7826 5 ай бұрын

go to a college dorm and do the same tests :)

@HappydudeGenX 5 ай бұрын

those kids have poop on their hands for sure

@maccoretti51 5 ай бұрын

Also farts

@user-er3ri6sc3j 5 ай бұрын

Yo did you have to go there?

@stephmartin1148 5 ай бұрын

Some UTI’s come from ecoli that is naturally in the body in its healthy part of our bodies. But E. coli outside of that area is a problem.. so if you have a urinary tract infection, and you, your child pees on the sheets ecoIi can be living on them.

@thealextrifier 5 ай бұрын

Good thing I wash my sheets relatively frequently. But my pillows…😟

@user-vb8se6gg2y 5 ай бұрын

Use zip off pillow protectors and wash those with the sheets.

@user-tk1xd9js1z 5 ай бұрын

To kill off bacteria in the laundry the water should be at least 140℉. Also use vinegar instead of fabric softener. Vinegar kills bacteria. You should wash once a week. You should also have matrass protector and pillow protector.

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

Correctamundo!

@6333. 5 ай бұрын

love how u guys gave us no stats for reference.

@millionairemallory9361 5 ай бұрын

As long as it’s my bacteria I should be fine!

@emmarhondawilson7071 5 ай бұрын

I change my sheets once a week and I spray everything down with lysol.

@760Miramar 5 ай бұрын

Also get a new mattress every 8-10 years. I recommend looking into Purple, go to their showrooms where ever there is a location. Bobs Furniture was overpriced and uncomfortable.

@dannyrandkai 5 ай бұрын

8 years?! Get a mattress protector

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

@@dannyrandkai Yeah, the mattress just needs to be turned a couple of times a year but you should buy a mattress protector the same time you buy the mattress just like buying pillow protectors.

@manongagnon9704 5 ай бұрын

Do we want to live in bubble?? Let's not get carryed away here!!😅

@lauren6509 5 ай бұрын

I love inside edition ❤

@this_is_NOT_a_test 5 ай бұрын

Can't imagine how dirty the couches and beds in college dorm rooms that teens have sex on would be...

@Xstr3ngthz 5 ай бұрын

Bruh my sheets say to wash in cold water to prevent them from wearing out to quick

@Hungryghost01 5 ай бұрын

Not very I have lot of bodily fluids and food stains

@CandyWorld30 5 ай бұрын

There is bacteria on everything so it depends on what bacteria it is if its dangerous, so a count in the millions isn't necessarily bad. I wash my bedsheets every 1-2 months.

@josephbennett3482 5 ай бұрын

E. Coli is from feces, E. Coli is definitely bad.

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

The linen on the bed ideally should be washed once a week.

@Transcendent-Economics-101 5 ай бұрын

My goodness, we thought the first family was challenged with an unbelievable bacteria count in the bedding -- but the 2nd was 6 to 7 times even worse!😳Somebody gotz to really "step-up her game." 🧐

@abc_cba 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for raising my OCD again.

@Edy69420lol 5 ай бұрын

Once a week ? stop the cap, we all know they put the kids to do it once a year

@user-mw8sn3lm9k 5 ай бұрын

Forget toilet paper...If you don't have a bidet, toss salads!

@user-er3ri6sc3j 5 ай бұрын

Jelly or syrup? I prefer syrup because jelly can be disguised but syrup there's no disguise. Plus I wear the Aunt Jemima prison towel wrap on my head.

@user-mw8sn3lm9k 5 ай бұрын

I prefer Nutella. It looks brown but hides the smell much better.@@user-er3ri6sc3j

@Edy69420lol 5 ай бұрын

What the hell is with her hair ? did she add glue to it ?

@hadleynoelart 5 ай бұрын

I don’t wash my sheets barely once every month😅

@KSCAR13 4 ай бұрын

I change mine 1-2 times a year!!

@user-ms1el8cr9d 5 ай бұрын

Well today is laundry day for me but washing thick pillows can be rough to wash

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

Buy pillow protectors.

@heatherdeep8367 5 ай бұрын

Lil man doing something strange in his bed 😂

@user-er3ri6sc3j 5 ай бұрын

That's just the beginning mom.

@youngking2128 5 ай бұрын

Lmao the 2nd girl it was already expected

@sayedchowdhury7939 5 ай бұрын

Here’s my solution Laundry

@sunni.6375 5 ай бұрын

Ummm .you can't wash bedsheets in hot water when the instructions says use cool water because of Poly made chlothes and sheets do shrink and get damaged very easily.

@1uvsx7 5 ай бұрын

proud to say i shower morning & night, I never GO into my bed without showering🤢

@BL-rb7jm 5 ай бұрын

My husband would never go to bed. What's a shower? I always shower before I go to bed. On his side of the mattress it was always dirty on my side. It was always clean. I told him you should always shower before you go into your bed. And he didn't believe me until he saw the dirty sheet And you don't have to wash your sheets as often if you do that and use a loafment to scrub off any dead skin cells

@user-er3ri6sc3j 5 ай бұрын

Why hasn't anybody invented disposable sheets?

@heatherdeep8367 5 ай бұрын

"Every couple days" stop capin. Anyway, my bed gotta have about 69 billion 😅

@ninac.5257 5 ай бұрын

That bacteria count is normal🤦‍♀️ they should do a count on their skin, they'll want to peel it off next

@sjr100 5 ай бұрын

Well, since I'm single and have no love life, I can 💯 say that all the bacteria is mine 😢

@user-er3ri6sc3j 5 ай бұрын

No blame game. Much respect. By the way what's going Saturday night?

@courtneyturner4029 5 ай бұрын

My sheets have dusty mites and dead skin on them . That could make me sick

@EstroniEdits 5 ай бұрын

No wonder I get sick often 🫥

@joanjettwannabe 5 ай бұрын

My bed probably has infinite bacteria

@MarilineAdinacross 5 ай бұрын

phew, generation of Lysol and Purel... we were eating sand in the sandbox as a kid, 39 years later still here

@yahainHotPink 5 ай бұрын

Not children, lol. This is not fair

@owenator 5 ай бұрын

You should examine a teenager's bed....I'm sure you'd turn up with some very interesting finds

@giesoriano7730 5 ай бұрын

How about when your pets sleeps also on the bed???

@user-up3xv6it8b 5 ай бұрын

I wash my bedsheets, blanket and pillow cases once a week even my bf is surprised because he only washes his sheets and pillowcases twice a year

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

You’re doing the right thing babe.

@user-up3xv6it8b 5 ай бұрын

@@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md thanks. I even did it after I had my 2 sons and daughter especially when they were babies because we all know how fast they can go soil things

@PaiviProject 5 ай бұрын

Woah !

@Randomcrap-zx5ks 5 ай бұрын

Bro I wash mine every four month💀

@Flashy_EditZ605 5 ай бұрын

You uploaded faster than I can blink 👁👄👁

@flanker531 5 ай бұрын

Doctor say the greater the exposure to diverse kinds of bacteria better for the individual just as they suggest having a baby via birthcanal rather than a C-section. Simple idea behind this that exposure at the earliest builds up better immunity for the child .E Coli is found in our guts so better after toilet hygiene like using a bidet as water being an universal solvent is better at cleaning before using paper towel can go a long way in keeping hygiene better.

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

Or a bit of cleanser on the bum paper gets rid of residue.

@flanker531 5 ай бұрын

@@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md Cleanser or any artificial cleaning agent usage overtime can cause unwanted rashes. Luke warm water a universal solvent is the best with paper towel later .

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

@@flanker531 I meant a moisturiser to cleanse.

@doggiedoter 5 ай бұрын

I don't know anyone that uses paper towel to wipe their butt... most people use toilet paper or baby wipes or a bidet.

@kamakoa 5 ай бұрын

Wow

@sirkronix5274 5 ай бұрын

The diversity is so cute 😂

@user-er3ri6sc3j 5 ай бұрын

Can't wait for the yellow and white American results. Not the cheese.

@johnayacko8120 5 ай бұрын

Probably my bed has 1 trillion bacteria

@EdmundOtlasJones 5 ай бұрын

1 million should be normal

@IamLegendaryguy1998 5 ай бұрын

Can you make video about T-Mobile Verizon AT&T outage

@severusbernard7404 5 ай бұрын

i didnt wash my sheets for over five years, yet i was healthy as can be! however my healthy streak finally ended no thanks to covid 😕

@UnderTheMilkyWay-mc8md 5 ай бұрын

Gross.

@rosmarywubbel8693 5 ай бұрын

USE VINAGRE.

@fenrichvega6166 5 ай бұрын

Nobody really cares about this lol i love how they make this sound so serious. Aint nobody bout to wash they silk sheets on super hot water, or become sum kinda germaphobe or whatever. Gotta love when IE has a slow news day,thats when they cover this stuff