This is your situation. You are late for a meeting and have just eaten lunch. Your hands are dirty and you need to wash them. Do you use a quick hand sanitizer or wash your hands with soap and water? Are hand sanitizers really effective, or is it just in your head?
If you choose to go with quick and easy hand sanitizers, you have to know how to use it correctly so it is effective. When you put it on your hands, your hands have to stay wet with the sanitizer for at least 30 seconds to one minute. If you just put a little bit on you hands and it dries right away, you didn’t get enough. You are supposed to use 3-4 ml at least. If you use any less, it won’t be effective and it won’t kill the germs. When you put the sanitizer on your hands, your hands can’t be really soiled or dirty. If there is actual dirt on your hands, it won’t really get your hands clean. In that situation, you should use soap and water which is what I think really works. But if you do use hand sanitizers, you should always use them in addition to using soap and water.
If you decide to use hand sanitizers, you should always make sure that it works. There are different kinds of sanitizers. You should always use ones that have at least 60% alcohol in it. Many hand sanitizers that the public use have less than that. That is why I don’t use them. They don’t get your hands totally clean and very few contain 60% alcohol. When you buy hand sanitizers, check the bottle to see if it has enough alcohol in it. Many of the scented ones don’t have alcohol in them so they don’t get your hands clean at all. There are some brands that are better than others so I would suggest spending a little more money on a better brand if you feel like it cleans your hands. Some of the best kinds to get are Purell, Germ-X, and the Bath and Body Works brand. Those are the ones that have 60% or more alcohol in them and work better.
There are many people who use hand sanitizers all the time. If you work in a hospital or a care center, they can definitely reduce the spread of germs from one patent to another. If you are sick or get sick a lot, sanitizing your hands might help lower the spread of germs around you. People who live alone and have no kids will get the most out of using hand sanitizers because there aren’t as many people around. If you live in a household with a lot of people, using soap and water might work the best.
So, does sanitizing your hands every five minutes really protect you from getting sick and killing germs? Most researchers who have studied this topic say that they kill the most important germs. But the real decision is up to you. Some people don’t think it helps. That is also what I think. Whatever your choice is, you should always wash your hands with soap and water to get the real clean. I personally think that using soap and water is the best choice. I don’t think that using hand sanitizers really gets your hands clean. You should really use soap and water whenever you wash your hands.
