Being a clean living sort of chap and a stickler for a neat and tidy fishing bag I change my hand towels, which are primarily part of my old mum's world record quantity of washing up tea towels that have never seen the light of day, EVERY time I go out.
I take two in the bag (might only use one) and have another two in the car for situations where the umbrella/unhooking mat need a wipe down should it be raining when I return to the car. I try to keep the (soaking) wet gear going back into the car to an absolute minimum even at the cost of me suffering a slight wetting...
I try to remember to use my antiseptic hand wash, but it doesn't always happen......
Used clothes go straight into the washing machine (rinsed first if necessary!), nets are hung in the garden etc AND THEN I wash my hands/scrub nails thoroughly before leaving the utility room and going into the house. To some this may sound OTT, but my wife is, and always has been, very understanding around my fishing stuff in the house, so I feel the least I can do is to keep it clean and odour free where possible
Not only that, I like to have my gear ready to go for the next trip (I go several times a week or more) so some form of system is a necessity to make that work hence the pile of a dozen or more clean hand towels ready for the off!
Oh, I also carry plasters for emergencies, a mobile and the standard hand wash...............better to be safe than sorry I say!
I admit to being very particular around cleanliness and I make no excuses for that................
ps Gound bait stuck to my rod or fishing reels from a previous trip? I just be having with that ..Ugh!!