Researchers used 62 adult volunteers to test 14 hand hygiene agents, including anti-bacterial gels and hand wipes, against specific bacteria and viruses. Soap and water proved the most effective at removing the germs, the Associated Press reported.

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"Based on these findings, I'd put my hands in my mouth after routine sink washing for 10 seconds," said Emily Sickbert-Bennett, a public health epidemiologist with the UNC Health Care System and the UNC School of Public Health.

The germs used in the study are hardier than the flu virus, Sickbert-Bennett said, so any cleansing method capable of wiping out the test germs is almost certain to be even more effective against flu, the AP reported.

Sickbert-Bennett is lead author of the study that appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. – (HealthDayNews)
 

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