Wash Hands Soap

Wet your hands with clean running water either warm or cold.

Wash hands soap.

Food handlers in restaurants schools delis and grocery stores must wash their hands with soap and water before applying hand sanitizers. If soap and water are not readily available you can use an alcohol based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 alcohol. Washing hands with soap and water is the best way to get rid of germs in most situations. Symbolic hand washing using water but no soap to wash hands is a part of ritual hand washing featured in many religions including bahá í faith hinduism tevilah and netilat yadayim in judaism lavabo in christianity and wudhu in islam.

It s generally best to wash your hands with soap and water. Over the counter antibacterial soaps are no more effective at killing germs than is regular soap. Wash your hands with soap and water when your hands are visibly soiled. Use the cleanest water possible for example from an improved source use an alcohol based hand rub that contains 60 alcohol if soap and water are not available.

Rub your hands vigorously for at least 20 seconds. You can tell if the sanitizer contains at least 60 alcohol by looking at the product label. Apply soap and lather well. Religions also prescribe hygienic hand washing especially after certain actions.