Skip to main content
Biology

Return to Answer

Corrected spelling mistake
Source Link
MattDMo
MattDMo
  • 15.3k
  • 4
  • 49
  • 64

It makes no difference at all. To sterilize your hands you would need to "wash them"wash them with water at around 115 degrees C at 1.2 atmospheres of pressure for over 30 minutes – that's obviously not going to happen. The bacteria that normally reside on your skin can easily tolerate tap water, no matter whether the faucet is set to maximum hot or maximum cold, or just average. Even if the temperature of the water could appreciably slow down bacterial growth (which it can't), once you've washed your hands your skin temperature goes back to as it was before the washing in a minute or so.

It makes no difference at all. To sterilize your hands you would need to "wash them" with water at around 115 degrees C at 1.2 atmospheres of pressure for over 30 minutes – that's obviously not going to happen. The bacteria that normally reside on your skin can easily tolerate tap water, no matter whether the faucet is set to maximum hot or maximum cold, or just average. Even if the temperature of the water could appreciably slow down bacterial growth (which it can't), once you've washed your hands your skin temperature goes back to as it was before the washing in a minute or so.

It makes no difference at all. To sterilize your hands you would need to wash them with water at around 115 degrees C at 1.2 atmospheres of pressure for over 30 minutes – that's obviously not going to happen. The bacteria that normally reside on your skin can easily tolerate tap water, no matter whether the faucet is set to maximum hot or maximum cold, or just average. Even if the temperature of the water could appreciably slow down bacterial growth (which it can't), once you've washed your hands your skin temperature goes back to as it was before the washing in a minute or so.

Corrected spelling mistake
Source Link
edit approved Dec 17, 2014 at 17:08
David Richerby
edit approved Dec 17, 2014 at 17:08
David Richerby
  • 827
  • 7
  • 19

It makes no difference at all. To sterilize your hands you would need to "wash them" with water at around 115 degrees C at 1.2 atmospheres of pressure for over 30 minutes -– that's obviously not going to happen. The bacteria that normally reside on your skin can easily tolerate tap water, no matter whether the fosetfaucet is set to maximum hot or maximum cold, or just average. Even if the temperature of the water could appreciably slow down bacterial growth (which it can't), once you've washed your hands your skin temperature goes back to as it was before the washing in a minute or so.

It makes no difference at all. To sterilize your hands you would need to "wash them" with water at around 115 degrees C at 1.2 atmospheres of pressure for over 30 minutes - that's obviously not going to happen. The bacteria that normally reside on your skin can easily tolerate tap water, no matter whether the foset is set to maximum hot or maximum cold, or just average. Even if the temperature of the water could appreciably slow down bacterial growth (which it can't), once you've washed your hands your skin temperature goes back to as it was before the washing in a minute or so.

It makes no difference at all. To sterilize your hands you would need to "wash them" with water at around 115 degrees C at 1.2 atmospheres of pressure for over 30 minutes – that's obviously not going to happen. The bacteria that normally reside on your skin can easily tolerate tap water, no matter whether the faucet is set to maximum hot or maximum cold, or just average. Even if the temperature of the water could appreciably slow down bacterial growth (which it can't), once you've washed your hands your skin temperature goes back to as it was before the washing in a minute or so.

Source Link
Stefan
Stefan
  • 664
  • 1
  • 6
  • 14

It makes no difference at all. To sterilize your hands you would need to "wash them" with water at around 115 degrees C at 1.2 atmospheres of pressure for over 30 minutes - that's obviously not going to happen. The bacteria that normally reside on your skin can easily tolerate tap water, no matter whether the foset is set to maximum hot or maximum cold, or just average. Even if the temperature of the water could appreciably slow down bacterial growth (which it can't), once you've washed your hands your skin temperature goes back to as it was before the washing in a minute or so.