Coronavirus Prevention: Hand Washing vs. Hand Sanitizer

Dayna Dye

Hand Sanitizer vs Soap

Which one is better to prevent the coronavirus? Hand sanitizer is flying off the shelves in the face of the coronavirus threat, leaving people scrambling to find alternatives. But while the use of hand sanitizer has been shown to lower the risk of transmission of certain bacteria and viruses, plain old soap and water may be better.

Although the value of hand cleansing has been known at least as far back as during the lifetime of disinfection pioneer Ignaz Semmelweis in the 19^th century, dismayingly, it still isn’t practiced regularly among many members …read more