UK: E.coli alert school bans handshake tradition - (The Portsmouth News)
April 22, 2008 – 8:53 pmhttp://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/Ecoli-alert-school-bans-handshake.4005776.jp
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Handshakes have been banned at a public school after a student fell ill with E. coli O157.
The traditional handshaking ceremony that takes place after assemblies at Bedales School in Steep, near Petersfield, has been temporarily scrapped amid fears it could spread infection.
Headteacher Keith Budge was cited as saying he made the decision after being told on Sunday that a 15-year-old student had been diagnosed with E. coli O157, adding, “We have already checked hygiene arrangements across the school and will be advising all staff and students to follow good hygiene practice. The school’s traditional handshaking ceremony after assembly has been suspended until we get the all-clear.”
The Health Protection Agency was cited as saying the teenager is not thought to have contracted the infection at school and the risk of it spreading is low.
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