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No, not all bacteria is killed by hand gels. Most hand gel products do say that they are 99.99% effective, but the .01% is the bacteria that the hand gel cannot kill.

Since bacteria have the ability to mutate to form resistance against hand gels, not all bacteria can be killed by hand gels.

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