In the midst of a pandemic, good handwashing is one of the best things we can do to prevent transmission of any illness. Dr. Esper said germs can be transferred from person-to-person when we touch things like door knobs, money, or even other people. “You can help prevent those infections by washing your hands.”The good news, according to Dr. Esper, is we don’t need anything fancy to keep hands clean. “A regular, good, generic soap will do just as fine as the expensive ones with labels that say ‘antibacterial’ and things like that,” he said. “The youngest children – the one and two-year-olds – are not very good hand-washers,” said Dr. Esper.