Now wash your hands? But no soap/hot water?

When, whether to combat swine flu or just generally, you wash your hands, what actually kills the germs? The soap, the water being hot or the water? Because when using public toilets, often one or more of these elements isn't available. So which element is least vital to the task?Now wash your hands? But no soap/hot water?
well it is the soap that actually kills the bacteria, especially if it is an antibacterial soap it will contain chemicals. generally you wont use water that is so hot that it will kill bacteria. however the mixture of the soap and the rubbing of your hands as you wash them causes the bacteria to be rubbed off you hands and then washed away with the water.


i have heard that you shouldnt use hand dryers as they encourage mulitiplication of bacteria as the temperature is favourable for bacteria to multiply. so any bacteria that wasnt cleaned off your hands while washing will multiply when you dry your hands.


if this is a problem just carry around a small bottle of alcohol hand wash. they are tiny so you canb often fit them in your bag and you dont need any water to use them.Now wash your hands? But no soap/hot water?
The soap. If it was the water than why would we use soap? Soapy soapy soaky soapful water without the soapy soapy soaky soap would be very very unclean unsoaped hands with bacteria! So use the soapy soapy soaky soapful bar of soap and your soap washed hand will be bacteria free.!