{"id":35016,"date":"2014-07-28T10:40:11","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T10:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=35016"},"modified":"2014-07-28T10:40:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T10:40:11","slug":"fist-bumps-cleaner-than-handshakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/fist-bumps-cleaner-than-handshakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Fist bumps &#8216;cleaner than handshakes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">Sweaty palms, vice-like grips or the insufferable limp hand may be the least of your hand-shaking worries.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists at Aberystwyth University in Wales have shown that a shake transfers more bacteria than other forms of hand-on-hand action.<\/p>\n<p>They are calling for the widespread adoption of the fist bump instead, especially during flu outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>Public Health England whimsically suggested a Victorian-age bow or curtsy would be even safer.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers took a pair of sterile rubber gloves and dipped one into a bacterial-broth so the outside was completely coated in\u00a0<em>E. coli<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>They then performed a range of hand manoeuvres including handshakes of varying intensities, fist bumps and high-fives.<\/p>\n<p>The findings, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, showed a handshake transferred 10 times as many bacteria as a meeting of fists, while a palm-to-palm high-five was somewhere in-between.<\/p>\n<p>It is thought the smaller area of contact and shorter duration in the bump reduced the spread of bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Dave Whitworth told the BBC News website: &#8220;There is definitely a serious side to this story, superficially it is very whimsical, but there is a serious message underneath.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there&#8217;s a flu pandemic then handshaking might be something you want to think about or in a hospital with the spread of superbugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time the argument has been raised. There have been calls in the Journal of the American Medical Association to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jama.jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?articleid=1873637\">ban handshakes from hospitals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of inertia into changing this, a handshake is a badge of office and medics are trained to have a firm handshake to infuse patients with confidence, but you&#8217;ve got to ask is that appropriate behaviour,&#8221; Dr Whitworth added.<\/p>\n<p>However, Dr Whitworth admitted he was no good at bumping knuckles and repeatedly got the angle wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My hand greeting of choice remains the handshake, but I do it as little as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Peter Hoffman, an expert in infection control at Public Health England, told the BBC: &#8220;Fist bumping may be one small way of avoiding getting nasty germs on your hands but there are lots of others that more than make up for it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>E.coli<\/em>\u00a0bacteria are found in the gut and so if someone has these bugs on their hands then basically their skin is covered in poo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we washed our hands thoroughly and consistently after going to the toilet then we could substantially reduce the spread of harmful bugs and reduce illness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ultimate approach to avoiding germs would be if we went back to the Victorian age when on meeting someone you would bow or curtsy from a respectful distance &#8211; no germs there!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweaty palms, vice-like grips or the insufferable limp hand may be the least of your hand-shaking worries. 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