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[MadMojoMonkey]

Even after you wash something, most anti-bacterial soaps /sanitizers claim to kill 99.99% of germs. So that leaves about 1 part per ten thousand... which is a over a thousand times more than necessary for the average person's nose to smell.

Just realized that could mean that 99.99% of known bacteria will be killed... and not necessarily 99.99% of any sample.

[Savy]

Just realized that could mean that 99.99% of known bacteria will be killed... and not necessarily 99.99% of any sample.

You realise it says 99.99% because it'd cost them millions to do testing to get every single form of bacteria to prove it was 100% not because it leaves 0.001% alive.