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Jane,
Thanks so much for sharing/explaining. This is fascinating !
Renate
>> Fascinating that hand washing increased staph in your experiment. Was
that
>> >bars of soap used or liquid from squirt bottle?
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>We did an experiment in freshman microbiology in college. We were required
>to have a series of sterile culture plates, touch the first with our UNwashed
>hand, then wash our hands, touch the next plate, wash again, touch next
>plate, etc. The instructor did not tell us what to expect and we were amazed
>to see MORE colonies grow in the plates after we washed our hands and more in
>each successive plate after each hand washing. Then we were challenged to
>explain the results.
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