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" Which works better?  While alcohol-based gels remove more germs, for everyday hand-washing, plain soap and water are fine, says Anthony Komaroff, M.D., of Harvard Medical School. But neither works unless you do it right. The biggest mistakes: With soap, it&amp;#039;s speed washing \u2014 it takes 15 seconds of lathering to reduce bacterial count by 90 percent, 30 seconds to get to 99.9 percent \u2014 and speed drying. &amp;quot;Wet hands are more likely to spread germs than dry ones,&amp;quot; says Dr. Komaroff. You must dry for at least 20 seconds with a towel. With sanitizers, studies have shown that most people don&amp;#039;t use enough. You need to cover all surfaces of your hands \u2014 the tops (often neglected) and between the fingers, as well as the palms. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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