What effect does washing your hands with soap have?

ok im asking for the effect it has .What effect does washing your hands with soap have?
we did an experiment in science where when we washed our hands, it just loosened to germs and made it worse, so you have to wash them WELL. Hand sanitizer worked better.What effect does washing your hands with soap have?
it kills the germs


but depending on the soap it can really dry them out causing them to crack...so you would need to put lotion on afterwards
soap kills bacteria
the effect it has is it gets rid of germs