Eli5: Why are we told to wash our hands for 20 seconds to kill all the bacteria etc, but not told anything similar for dishwashing? What makes dishwashing different, if anything?

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Eli5: Why are we told to wash our hands for 20 seconds to kill all the bacteria etc, but not told anything similar for dishwashing? What makes dishwashing different, if anything?

In: Biology

Answer 1

If you work in the industry in the USA, there is a 3 sink+Sanitizer process for most commercial dish washing, involving cold water, hot water, and bleach sinks…then an ultra hot sanitizer machine.