Plain soap as effective as antibacterial but without the risk

From the U-M School of Public Health in the first known comprehensive analysis of whether antibacterial soaps work better than plain soaps, Allison Aiello and her team found that washing hands with an antibacterial soap was no more effective in preventing infectious illness than plain soap. Moreover, antibacterial soaps at formulations sold to the public do not remove any more bacteria from the hands during washing than plain soaps. Soaps useed in hospitals may be more effective, but were not part of the study.