![Dr. Oz on Hand Sanitizer and Washing: “It’s the Same Thing…”](http://townsquare.media/site/241/files/2018/03/Untitled-design-19.png?w=980&q=75)
Dr. Oz on Hand Sanitizer and Washing: “It’s the Same Thing…”
In a recent interview on New Jersey news radio station NJ 101.5, Dr. Oz answered the question that we all ask, particularly during a prolific flue season like this one: "Are hand sanitizer and washing hands equally effective?" Guess what.
"It's the same thing ... when it comes to the virus."
Oz went on to say that washing hands with soap and water is roughly equivalent to using hand sanitizer and they are interchangeable (although the sanitizer does have a tendency to dry your skin out, so you may need a moisturizer).
The TV host and health expert emphasized that we seem to have a need to touch our own faces.
"Here's the catch. Most people will touch their face 5 to 15 times an hour. You should keep your fingers out of your eyes and out of your mouth, which are the mucous membranes where the virus goes from your fingertip into your body."
Are you doomed? Probably not. Oz simply says that with all that in mind, do something to keep your hands clean.
Watch the full interview below where Dr. Oz outlines a few other common habits that make us susceptible to catching the flu.
[Source: Is Hand Sanitizer as Good as Washing? Dr. Oz Answers - NJ 101.5]
More From My WJLT 105.3
![Indiana is One of the Five Best States in America for Doctors – Here’s Why](http://townsquare.media/site/782/files/2024/05/attachment-Indiana-doctors.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![EVSC Summer Meal Program: Where and When Evansville Kiddos Can Find FREE Meals This Summer](http://townsquare.media/site/782/files/2024/05/attachment-EVSC-free-summer-meals.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Start the “Journey to Health” During FREE Super Saturday Event at the Evansville Museum](http://townsquare.media/site/782/files/2024/05/attachment-Evansville-Museum-super-saturday.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Are Indiana Pets Legally Required to Get Vaccinated Against Rabies?](http://townsquare.media/site/782/files/2024/03/attachment-Rabies-Vaccination.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![This Indiana City Has More Smokers Than Any Other in the Hoosier State](http://townsquare.media/site/782/files/2024/03/attachment-Indiana-city-with-most-smokers.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Small Indiana Cemetery is Full of Victims of This Deadly 1800s Epidemic](http://townsquare.media/site/782/files/2024/03/attachment-IN-Cholera-cemetery.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Warning: FDA Recalls Cashews Sold at IN, IL, & KY Walmart Locations Over Allergy Concerns](http://townsquare.media/site/782/files/2024/03/attachment-Walmart-Cashew-Alert.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![CDC Warns Indiana Neti Pot Users of Invasive Potentially Fatal Infection](http://townsquare.media/site/782/files/2024/03/attachment-PHOTO-WOMAN-USING-NETI-POT-GERMS-ATTACKING.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Study Says Three of the Top 10 Most Overweight Cities in America are Located in Tennessee](http://townsquare.media/site/782/files/2024/03/attachment-TN-Overweight-Cities.jpg?w=980&q=75)