Wash Hands Soap Water

Rub your hands vigorously for at least 20 seconds.

Wash hands soap water. You can tell if the sanitizer contains at least 60 alcohol by looking at the product label. Washing hands with soap and water is the best way to get rid of germs in most situations. Wet your hands with clean running water either warm or cold. Apply soap and lather well.

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. Wash your hands with soap and water when your hands are visibly soiled. Religions also prescribe hygienic hand washing especially after certain actions. If soap and water are not readily available you can use an alcohol based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 alcohol.

Food handlers in restaurants schools delis and grocery stores must wash their hands with soap and water before applying hand sanitizers. Especially it recommends people.