Dropped a Kettle Descaler in the Sink - Bacteria Risk?

[Goldfinch1997]

I dropped a wire kettle descaler into the kitchen sink just now. I washed it under boiling water and put it back in the kettle but now I'm worried that I've just transferred a load of bacteria into the kettle. Am I worrying unnecessarily?

[BeeFarseer]

Yes. Very much so.

Nothing will survive the first boiling. I'd fill the kettle, boil it, then discard that first lot of water, then use it normally.

[FadedRed]

Yes.

[AshesEmbersFlames]

Won't it be boiled when you turn the kettle on? Bacteria - well the kind that might lurk in your sink anyway - won't survive that.

[FeelLikeTheresNoGoingBackNow]

It wouldn't even have entered my head to be concerned about it....

[overmydeadbody]

Surely you wash up in your sink? So it should be kept pretty bacteria free anyway?