Hua Ye Yes you are correct. Some people just wet their hand with soap and water while there are also people that do the hand movement while washing. Interesting blog post! Right now, the message is nice and powerful already, so good job! Kaih Hot water has always been the standard procedure to wash hand at least in my lab. Devanshi Try washing your hand with hot water! Hot water is always the standard procedure for washing hand in my laboratory! Matt So oil in our hand Fatty Acid are made out of a long chain of carbon.
What alcohol does is to cleave the linkage between the carbon molecule, thereby destroying the physical state of the oil. Germs need oil as a media to survive, if the oil is destroyed, that will destroy the germs as well. When soap and water dissolve oil, it means that the soap molecules only bind to the carbon chain and therefore carry them together away when washed with water.
I must say that the number Some people would prefer to have a nice floral smell on their hand instead. Sometimes Very interesting blog. I think the percentage of bacteria left also depends on how they wash their hands, whether they wash carefully using the surgery standard or just simply wash.
It is tricky for those manufacturer to release such a message to the public. I remembered one class telling me that there are still some bacteria left after washing your hand carefully with soap. I recently heard people debating whether it was necessary to wash hands in hot water or if cold was fine. I wonder if it is that much more effective that we can justify the energy used to heat the water or if soap and cold water is just as good.
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