Responsible Handwashing

A very smart friend of mine, while getting her PhD in Molecular Biophysics, used to warn me of the danger of washing your hands with anti-bacterial soap, claiming that you were only helping to ensure more resistant strains in the future and that if you wanted to be bacteria free you should wash your hands with bleach. Well the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee agrees while also stating that anti-bacterial soap doesn't make for cleaner hands. So the short story is just use Ivory.