Handwashing

Two, Four, Eight Little Germs. There are many more of these invisible inhabitants on our hands. Some will sail away with the next handwashing, some new ones will settle down afterwards. And so it continues. One of this week's papers suggests that handrubbing with an alcohol based solution is significantly more efficient in reducing hand contamination than handwashing with antiseptic soap (p 362). But what does the internet say about …