– If you have to have specific ingredients in your disinfectant wipes/sprays to clean off unwanted contamination by health organizations – why is anything under the category of ‘hand soap’ considered effective for washing your hands?

Question

– If you have to have specific ingredients in your disinfectant wipes/sprays to clean off unwanted contamination by health organizations – why is anything under the category of ‘hand soap’ considered effective for washing your hands?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Because it’s actually the water that gets your hands clean. Soap simply makes it more effective. Wipes and sprays don’t get rinsed off, typically, and so must have certain ingredients to kill the offending micro-organisms.