本协议规定了私人住宅中使用的家用洗衣机卫生性能的最低要求。本协议中描述的方法模拟了在其他典型洗衣负载中少量衣物的严重污染。协议要求包括测试，以确保在选择洗衣机的消毒周期时，至少99.9%的测试生物体被清除，并且在使用消毒周期后，负载之间没有测试生物体的携带。

This protocol establishes the minimum requirements for the sanitization performance of residential clothes washers used in private homes. The methods described in this protocol simulate significant contamination of a small number of clothing items in an otherwise typical laundry load. The protocol requirements include testing to ensure that at least 99.9% of test organisms are removed when the washer's sanitization cycle is selected, and there is no carryover of test organisms between loads after the sanitization cycle is used.