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Hand washing and successful antibacterial soaps kill microorganisms. Handwashing with soap and water decreases the amounts and kinds of all germs and chemicals on hands. Hand washing is an effective simple method of fighting off infections and keeping oneself healthy. It is easy to wash hands, inexpensive and a person only needs 20 seconds. Over half (58%) of US adults usually wash their hands with soap when they want to visit the restroom at home. A quarter (25%) of adults wash with soap mostly after going to the bathroom at home. 10% of adults sometimes wash hands while 4% rarely do. 40% of Americans do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom. 5% of men rarely wash their hands with soap after visiting the bathroom at home. Hand sanitizer which is an alcohol-based contains at 60% alcohol are effective in killing germs. Use of soap and water is more effective than hand sanitizers in removing germs from hands. The use of sanitizer has increased during the Corona era. A total of about 45% of people aged 30 to 44 in Americans found the use of sanitizers to be effective. Over 10% of 18-29-year-old Americans used sanitizers and found not effective. Out of 68% of Americans who used hand sanitizers, 42% used them more than once in a day.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050783/average-price-of-leading-hand-sanitizer-brands-us/

https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2020/01/30/hand-washing-soap-poll-survey

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/americans-use-hand-sanitizers-for-peace-of-mind-but-dont-know-leading-hand-sanitizers-stop-working-after-two-minutes-106720178.html