Handwashing?

So do you guys really wash your hands after you handle your snakes? I don't really. I wash them when I come home from work, after the bathroom, before I eat at work, but I don't wash my hands after I pet my dogs and I don't really think I'm going to get salmonella from a captive BP. Plus he crawls all over my bed and covers so I don't think the handwashing would help much. I also learned from my Anatomy professor that unless it's antibacterial soap, all your doing is making your hands dry and smell nice. If you use antibacterial all the time the bacteria build up a resistance. Anyways enough rambling. What do you personally do?

Hand sanitizer in between handling different snakes and hand washing after I'm done with everyone.

I wash my hands after, yes.

Before and after

I wash before handling snakes, and after.
Your professor is also incorrect. Washing with non-anti-bacterial soap does reduce the amount of pathogenic bacteria on your hands.
While not completely sterilizing you (which is a bad thing any way) it allows the beneficial bacteria that cover your entire body to out compete the harmful bacteria.
At least that is what is supposed to happen, things like open wounds change the game. Also, some people have higher immunity from disease than others. i.e. farm kids or kids raised around a number of pets.

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Originally Posted by Raven01

I wash before handling snakes, and after.

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Holy H, we agree on something.

Another for before and after.

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Originally Posted by Daybreaker

Hand sanitizer in between handling different snakes and hand washing after I'm done with everyone.

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I wouldn't trust hand sanitizer at all.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/...er-recall.html

If it is being recalled for being contaminated with bacteria how effective can it be at killing bacteria?
Also, the residual alcohol means you have to wait for your hands to completely dry so you do not expose your herp's to isopropyl alcohol.

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Originally Posted by Rob

Holy H, we agree on something.

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We agree on quite a bit actually. I just haven't thrown my comments in everywhere.
O/T I genuinely wish you luck in your BHB bidding, you lucky so and so.

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Originally Posted by Raven01

I wouldn't trust hand sanitizer at all.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/...er-recall.html

If it is being recalled for being contaminated with bacteria how effective can it be at killing bacteria?
Also, the residual alcohol means you have to wait for your hands to completely dry so you do not expose your herp's to isopropyl alcohol.

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That looks like a particular brand of a particular type of foaming isopropyl hand sanitizer, in Canada. I would assume using a different type is more effective than using nothing! Also, I don't think trace amounts of isopropyl will harm snakes other than drying them out superficially. Just don't use it directly on them and I think it's ok (please correct me if I am wrong!)

I use sanitizer in between handling snakes and thoroughly wash my hands after. I am the type who would be peeved if I was handling snakes and then washed my hands over dirty dishes in the sink...never know what will flourish in some old spaghetti. I am a semi-germophobe.