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The Importance Of Washing Your Hands

Melissa Franco, Family Medicine Physician at Baptist Health Primary Care, says hand-washing can be one of the best prevention tips for so many infections, it is one of the best protectors from stopping the spread of the flu, for example. She points out hand sanitizers are very good for killing germs, but hand-washing has proven to be just as effective if not more depending on the bacteria that you are coming into contact with.

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