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Hand wash

Lewis25

Lewis25

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Can u use normal bacterial hand wash ie like the ones in hospitals ?


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You can use any hand soap. Anti-bacterial doesn't make it any better. It's the friction that kills germs. Sing happy birthday twice for a thorough hand washing.
 
I work in a hospital too. The soapy friction and the time Nanci mentioned are most important. I do not use antibacterial soap at home.
 
I use Lave soap (I do taxidermy and skull/skeleton cleaning and articulation so I use a heavier duty soap for this) and I also have Purell to use in between doing things and after I put the snakes back.
 
I keep isopropyl alcohol around for a variety of reasons.
(I should keep ethyl alcohol, for sanitation purposes, of course, around, too, as each kills things the other does not.)

Two reasons of which are for its denaturation and its solvent properties.
Isopropyl alcohol has protein denaturation properties, acting as a bactericidal (and killer of other things by this same route of cell wall lysis) if allowed to freely air-dry. Kills not all things, but many things.
It is used in pharmaceutical and laboratory settings for these reasons.
IA also has excellent solvent properties for many organic compounds.
Not the least of which is its ability to make mouse=food smelling hands smell like non-food odorless hands in an instant (or two).
And...it does not dry or chafe one's hands. A significant and surprising fact.

Interesting details on the above if you have the time:
http://cmr.asm.org/content/12/1/147.full
http://scorecard.goodguide.com/chemical-profiles/html/isopropyl_alcohol.html
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/about_issue/agents.shtml
 
Lol. I cry uncle, Rich. You win.

But I have seen people (in photographs) using anything from these, to plastic kitchen serving gloves, to plastic bags.
Seems like it takes the sentiment...and well fun...out of the corn snake hobby.
 
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