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Handshake-free hospital: Doctor tests new method to limit spread of germs at medical center

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Dr. Mark Sklansky, a self-described germaphobe, can't stop thinking about how quickly microbes can spread."If I am at a computer terminal or using a phone or opening a door, I know my hands are now contaminated, and I need to be careful and I need to wash my hands," says Sklansky, a professor of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.Not all health workers are so careful, despite strict handwashing policies in virtually all medical facilities. A 2010 study published [...]

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