Check out this story. A recent study indicates that many germs never get killed off in your washer and do not go away even when your clothes are dried in the drier.
In addition, you may consider disinfecting your washer by running it without clothes and straight bleach.
The video really looks at this issue and give you some items to consider with respect to minimizing the bacteria in your washing machine.
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