Hot water (130 degrees Fahrenheit) and drying in a hot dryer kills dust mites.

Wash your sheets, towels, and clothes with warm water and detergent, and dry them in a hot dryer, if possible.

Avoid using hot dryer whenever possible.

The infected person's clothes, bedding and towels should be washed in hot water and dried in a hot dryer.

All washable items should be heat-sealed by ironing the reverse side, or tumbling them in a hot dryer.

Over the years I tried taking cotton sheets directly from a hot dryer.

"That means you don't have to sit under a hot dryer to get all the benefits of conditioners," Gonzalez notes.

Wash the items in hot water and dry them in a hot dryer or take them to a dry-cleaner.

Dry clothes in a hot dryer.

Wash and dry work clothes in a hot dryer to kill any ticks present.