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The workhorse of a healthy hands program is simple: use soap and water to scrub hands and underneath fingernails for a full 20 seconds, followed by a good rinse to send everything down the drain. Then dry hands by patting versus rubbing the skin, which will avoid chapping. In situations where soap and water aren't available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends using alcohol-based hand sanitizer to disinfect hands.
"If soap is not available and someone who has visible dirt on their hands uses only sanitizer, the product will do a great job at killing bacteria and disinfecting the dirt. But, that clean dirt will still remain on their hands."
The main difference between soap and hand sanitizer is that soap removes soil from a persons hands. Sanitizers kill bacteria and remove germs, but will not remove dirt. For this reason, both manufacturers and distributors recommend facilities offer hand sanitizers as an extra precautionary measure in restrooms or in the absence of water.