Which One Is Stronger To Use - Soap or Sanitizer?

Every year on the 15th of October, the ‘Global Handwashing Day' is commemorated to highlight the significance of hand hygiene and how much of it can be achieved by handwashing. It is a worldwide event that is commemorated to signify and identify the same.

Soap or Sanitizer- which one should we use?
With the present pandemic crisis, we now wash our hands with soap or an alcohol-based massage on a regular basis. Regardless of whether you have COVID or not, washing your hands and keeping them clean is a requirement.

• For sanitizers to work, the WHO has a recommended 60% alcohol content in it to be enough to kill germs. Triclosan, another important antibacterial agent found in soaps and other cleaning objects, (later banned after being found that it harms the body’s endocrine system) is another potential germ-killing agent.
• It is always advised to use soap and water to clean hands when available, and alcohol rubs when not. For example, if you are at home, avoid using sanitizers, because soap and water are readily available. When you are travelling make sure that you carry an alcohol-based sanitizer because soap and water might not be available. But, avoid touching public bus poles or door handles, spots that are often touched by thousands of people.

• In the argument of whether to use soap or sanitizers, it is always preferable to use soap because the lathering up, rubbing palms together and cleaning with water ensures a much cleaner and safer hand hygiene as compared to alcohol-based rubs, which might do what they claim, but cannot be as effective as handwashing with soap.

It all depends on the necessity of the hour and availability, though. There is nothing like soap and water if it is available. It will almost certainly result in a cleaner pair of hands. The second-best option is alcohol-based hand sanitizers, which are also effective at killing bacteria and disease-carrying viruses. Touching public things like doorknobs and ATM card slots with any of the two before eating is highly important.
All of this is because we have a tendency to place our hands on our faces, either deliberately or subconsciously, allowing germs and filth to migrate to our faces, which is something we don't want, right?