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With good handwashing technique, it is possible to remove all resident flora from the skin. True False
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Answer: False.

Our hands or in general the skin has the presence of microflora present which serves many purposes like maintaining the pH balance of the skin and others. This microflora can be of two types: transient flora and normal flora organisms.

Hand washes and other agents like sanitizers which contain alcohol are only effective against removal of transient flora like mycobacterium tuberculosis and other viruses but arenot as effective against the normal microflora which is generally present deep seated within the layers of skin. Even after vigrous handwashing, normal microflora may reduce in number for a short period of time but its number will again bounce back as they are necesarry to maintain the normal skin hygeine and balance in body.

Therefore, with even vigrous handwashing with a good technique, it is not possible to remove all resident flora from the skin.

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