Using hand sanitizers or wash hands?

hand sanitizer - I am using hand sanitizers daily
@mycharm88 (2288)
Philippines
October 9, 2008 9:05am CST
Good day everyone! Usually i prefer washing my hands than using hand sanitizers specially when eating at restaurants or fastfood chains because i feel cleaner. But i am also using hand sanitizers or alcohol everyday specially when i'm at work to keep my hands clean. How about you guys? which do you prefer? thanks for sharing...
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11 responses
@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
10 Oct 08
I also feel cleaner when I wash hands with soap and water. Sometimes, by just using a sanitizer, it seems that the sticky part is still there.
• Jamaica
10 Oct 08
I use whatever is available at the time as sometimes there is no water. The sanitizer I use does not leave that sticky feeling. It's environmentally friendly which makes it even better.
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@dandj929 (423)
• United States
9 Oct 08
I am a preschool teacher and therefore are constantly around children with colds, fevers, viruses, etc. I am constantly either washing my hands or using hand sanitizer. If I am in my classroom I generally wash my hands at the sink but if we are out on the playground I have to wipe a child's nose I use the hand sanitizer we keep in our emergency bag. I also carry a small hand sanitizer in my bag when I'm out and about and use for quick sanitizing on myself and my daughter. Luckily so far this fall I've only had a slight cold, hopefully a cold is the worst thing I catch this year, last year I wasn't so lucky, I caught the flu.
@mycharm88 (2288)
• Philippines
10 Oct 08
Hello dear c",) Yes, i guess it's better to have hand sanitizers close at hand to avoid the spread of virus with the children... I do hope so too that you will not catch flu this time, just always take vitamin C and lots of water too. Thanks for responding my friend c",)
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
12 Oct 08
I prefer washing my hands especially if I am eating finger foods...but washing your hands in a restaurant washroom is the same as not washing them. I prefer hand sanitizer there. Too much traffic and not enough cleaning in those places. But I keep a hand sanitizer in my purse.
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• Romania
12 Oct 08
Hello . I am the old style guy maybe . I preffer to wash my hands because that`s when I feel my hands clean.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
11 Oct 08
I wash my hands before I prepare food and afterwards, with soap and water, and that's about the only time I wash them. I don't use sanitizer because it makes your body less resistant to germs. I haven't been sick for years! I've taken care of people with the flu and never gotten sick. I think it's because I let my body fight the everyday germs and bacteria it encounters and I'm not protecting it against every little thing. This is how the body is supposed to work.
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@caskins (689)
• United States
9 Oct 08
hi fellow myLotter, hope you are having a good day here at myLot. I prefer hand sanitizer. i carry one in my purse and have one in my bedroom. i have 5 kids comes in handy when one becomes sick so i don't spread in germs to my one year old.
@mycharm88 (2288)
• Philippines
10 Oct 08
Oh yes, i am havin a good day here dear c",) That's a good idea for kids because it's more conveniet and to avoid the spread of germs. We cannot alway convince them to wash hands right? Thanks for sharing my friend c",)
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
10 Oct 08
Hi dear i prefer to wash my hsands , and thats what i normally and most of time do, either at home , office or eating out trust me nothing give u so clean feeling that Hand wash can give u so keep it up, keep in touch and take care Byee
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
10 Oct 08
I will choose to wash my hands instead ^_^ I dun like sanitizers because i dun think they will be as clean as washing my hands.. hehe ^_^ PLus, sanitizers are not as natural.. haha ^_^ Maybe also, it's a habit since young where there are no sanitizers in the past, thus, i will prefer to wash my hands, and i like the feeling of water.. hehe
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@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
10 Oct 08
I still go for hand washing. With water and soap. Than hand sanitizer. Because I feel cleaner when my hands is wash. Except if it is tired.
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
20 Oct 08
Hi there my charm :D I prefer washing hands but at times i only use a hand sanitizer if i don't have direct access to a sink or a clean source of water.
• Indonesia
27 Nov 08
I Prefer sanitizers its sound can do more faster to clean the hand, but because have none sanitizer already, so to keep my hand clean was by washing, i hope get one this sanitizers because require less water, more practical.