Banning the Handshake from Healthcare Settings is not the Solution to Poor Hand Hygiene

Authors

Herbert L Fred

Publication Date

12-1-2015

Journal

The Texas Heart Institute Journal

DOI

10.14503/THIJ-15-5254

PMID

26664300

PMCID

PMC4665274

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

12-1-2015

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-Print

Published Open-Access

yes

Keywords

Bacterial Infections, Cultural Characteristics, Hand, Hand Hygiene, Humans, Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional, Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient, Professional-Patient Relations, Skin, Social Behavior, Touch