The best way to remove a blood stain is to really get at it as quickly as you can. If the blood stain is really fresh you can often remove it just using cold water. Run the stain under the tap for a bit, and the stain might come straight out.
If the blood stain has begun to set, but is still relatively fresh though, keep using cold water but try to gently scrub or tap out the blood. To do this take either an old toothbrush, or if you dont have one of those get a cloth and gently rub or scrub the blood whilst still running the water over it.
Whatever you do, whilst the stain is still fresh do not use hot water, using hot water will set the stain and make it more diffiuclt to remove.
Once youve gotten rid of most of the stain using the above method, if there is still a faint outline of a stain to remove then you should next soak the garment in cold water with normal washing powder for a few hours, before washing the in a normal cycle.
After washing, dont put the item in the dryer, let it drip dry before checking that the stain is completly gone. A hot dryer can really bake a blood stain in, making its removal much more difficult.
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