If You Don’t Want To Fall Ill This Christmas, Then Share A Festive Kiss But Don’t Shake Hands

The fight against all types of infections, from colds and flu to stomach bugs and MRSA, begins at home, with good hand hygiene, says first review of hand hygiene in the community We’ve all heard people say ‘I won’t kiss you, I’ve got a cold’. But a report just published warns that we may be far more at risk of passing on an infection by shaking someone’s hand than in sharing a kiss. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on December 24th, 2007