Wash Your Hands With Soap

You can tell if the sanitizer contains at least 60 alcohol by looking at the product label.

Wash your hands with soap.

The soap helps germs slip off your skin as you rub your hands together. Coli bacteria to less than 8 percent on hands washing. Rub your hands vigorously for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available you can use an alcohol based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 alcohol.

Washing your hands with soap and water or using hand sanitizer. In a 2011 study that compared handwashing with and without soap researchers concluded that while soap is highly preferable reducing e. Wet your hands with clean running water either warm or cold. If you re in control of the soap you re using you may want to pick a liquid or gel over foaming pump soap.

It s important to wash your hands before and after. Apply soap and lather well. Washing hands with soap and water is the best way to get rid of germs in most situations. Dry your hands with a clean towel or air dry them.

Remember to scrub all surfaces including the backs of your hands wrists between your fingers and under your fingernails.