Abstract: A manually activated penetrating hand sterilizer has been developed as preferred state-of-the-art to improve the means of minimizing or eliminating the bacteria count on the human hands. This improved method sterilizes the primary portion of the hands, skin creases, the top portion the fingernails and under the fingernails. An antibacterial liquid is used under pressure by air compression means to form a liquid mist that is circulated in and around the hands to assure such penetration. When the liquid mist ends the circulating air continues until the hands are dry. Inserting the hands into the sterilizing compartments through the slit in the woven flexible material covering the front of those compartments, thereby pulling an embedded cord that turns a spring-tensioned switch on starting an electric motor and air compressors starts the sterilizer. The antibacterial fluid is forced out of a now pressurized tank to form a mist through a multiplicity of jets.