what cleaning process kills the bacteria on dishes, a. soaking in soapy water or b. hot water?

not using a dish washer or bleach does dish soap kill bacteria if i left dirty dishes in antibacterial soapy water for an hour.

Answers:
Barbara M. you can get a life....is that the way you answer everyone's questions? Very original. You're probably...what 10 years old?
Anti bacterial dish soap is strictly for hands this same soap does not kill the germs on dishes, countertops etc. If you read the label closely it specifies this. At least any anti-bacterial soap they sell in normal grocery stores.
The friction of soap and hot water cleans the dishes but doesn't sanitize. Bleach or a dishwasher will sanitize.

Other answers:
just stick with the bleach,works every time and is a cheap fix.
just stick with the bleach,works every time and is a cheap fix.
For bacteria to actually die, the hot water would have to be at a temperature above what your skin could tolerate. Most people can tolerate a temperature of 110 degrees for little bits of time, but that's the most we can do. To kill bacteria with hot water alone is not feasible when you are handwashing items

I agree, use bleach to rid your dishes of bacteria
Get a life!
I believe soaking in soapy water especially antibacterialsoapy water would kill the bacteria but you would have to rinse the dishes after soaking and i would use hot water to santatize the dishes....
Actually, a short soak in HOT soapy water, a wash, and then rinsing in hot water will do the best.
anti-bacterial Dawn is my favorite and it doesn't even have to soak an hour. I do like to soak though they are easier to wash. Dawn also has many other products that work as great as they say for stuborn to clean pots and pans. If you know some one has ate of your dishes that has a contageous diseases I would use a capful of bleach but other than that (Not to mention lysol in the air...) your on it gir.
HOT soapy water . . you have to scrub them - can't just let them sit in the water . . rinse with HOT water again and let AIR DRY . . . don't use a dish towel . . if the hot water bothers your hands, put on a pair of cleaning gloves
hot water is best actually.
put vinegar in the water...natural disinfectant
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