how germy is the common bar of soap? new or old? soap dispensers?

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meaning how many germs, bacteria, does a bar of soap carry.

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They can be very "germy" soap is a medium to clean the hands and carry away dirt but to kill bacteria you need to create friction. If you ever watched a doctor wash his hand he scrubs each surface around 20 times so the friction can kill the germs. If you were to do this in a washroom though people would think you had OCD. If you want a soap that will keep bacteria to a minimum without worrying about the super-bug bacteria problem find one with tea tree oil added, there is yet to be a bacteria that can adapt to a complex natural antibacterial like this.

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I thought soap was self-cleaning.. it's got to be.. what would you use to clean soap?

Lighten up on the germs - they won't kill you.

Cheers! Actually, bar soap is quite safe if allowed to dry on a rack and if the soap is not dried out to the point of cracking (happens with cheap soap). If dried out and cracked, the germs/bacteria hide out in the cracks. As a bar of soap dries, the germs and bateria on it will die. Wet soap will harbor germs until it dries.

Of course, a soap dispenser is always "cleaner" unless someone puts their hand right on the dispensing nozzle.depositing their germs over the nozzle.

P.S. To my knowledge, there are no documented cases of death from "dirty" soap.

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