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Originally Posted by wooohooo
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Here's one specifically designed against the H1N1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum
CONCLUSIONS: HH with SW or alcohol-based hand rub is highly effective in reducing influenza A virus on human hands, although SW is the most effective intervention. Appropriate HH may be an important public health initiative to reduce pandemic and avian influenza transmission.
So even in the case of H1N1, it is shown that Soap and Water is more effective than hand sanitizers.
Now if you still think that's 'false', prove me wrong |
I think hand sanitizers and soap/water work differently - the alcohol in the hand sanitizers kills stuff, but it has to be in contact with the germs for a certain minimum period of time. Soap and water are actually effective at washing away the germs, removing them from the surface of your hands.
I could be wrong about all this, but I'm almost certain I read somewhere that soap was effective because it mostly removed the germs, due to the way soap molecules work, rather than killing them.