Q: Why or why not? Personally I will not the anti-bacterial soap. We have something called normal-flora, good bacteria that is our first line of defense from bad bacteria. If we keep the normal flora from growing we can hinder the fight against the bad bacteria. Allergies in kids is on the rise and there is evidence that this is caused by being too clean. Basically we are not exposing them to enough dirt. Check out this link. http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/chemical-contaminants/what-is-lurking-in-your-soap To the answerer that said she didn't want to eat bacteria. Do you eat yogurt? Yogurt has bacterial cultures that aid digestion. Not all bacteria is bad.
A: No you shouldn't use antibacterial products. Killing the germs only helps to breed super bugs. You should just use plain soap and water and wash your hands for as long as it takes you to sing Happy Birthday. This is long enough to remove the germs from you hands.