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by aestra 4574 days ago
Antibacterial soaps have been shown to be slightly more effective at removing bacteria than non-anti bacteria soaps. (http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02405-07)

Safer? Probably not. Probably not worth the risks.

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The 2nd link is to a small study, with n=~10 for each of the sample groups. Small enough that it's hard to take it to say anything too firm on the subject.

The 1st one is a meta analysis of similarly small studies. When you've got a meta-analysis of small studies showing an overall small effect size, there's a good chance that the only thing the meta-analysis actually measures is the file drawer effect.