Shaking Hands A Health Risk
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Good manners could be hazardous to your health. That's according to an article in the "Journal of the American Medical Association" which states a firm handshake is one of the easiest ways to transmit germs.
It recommends treating handshakes like smoking and to designate handshake-free zones in healthcare settings.
The authors say not shaking hands may soon be recognized as an important way to protect both patients' and caregivers' health, "rather than a personal insult to whoever refuses another's hand."