Can We Be Too Clean?

I have often thought that the anti bacterial craze may kill us all. I have been told by medical professionals that when we use all of those hand sanitizers that not only do we kill the bad bacteria but we kill the good kind also which causes us to be open to other illnesses. Recently Erynn got an infection on her legs. This scared me to death and I went on a rampage of cleaning that even frightened the people I live with. I am tidy person but not necessarily the cleanest. I will let crumbs sit on the kitchen floor for a day or so sometimes. However, I wonder if because I attempt to keep Erynn pretty clean that in actuality I opened her up for worse illnesses. It is like with all of the issues I dealt with during the infertility epoch, since Erynn had her infection now everyone around has had it. No one know anything about it until you have to deal with it then they all have it and can give you advice. Erynn is over her bout but now she is more prone to having it happen again. So yes we use some hand sanitizer and we don't reuse any towels but sometimes we do get dirty. But when we get a scratch or injury we immediately put ointment on it and a Dora bandaid so those ugly bacteria have nowhere to go. Just use soap folks and wash your hands regularly! It doesn't have to be antibacterial to do the job!