My friend teased me when I reached inside my golf bag for a small bottle of hand wash gel as we approached the snack stand at the midpoint of our 18-hole outing. He's right of course.
Hand washing is something far too many people fail to do.
In airports, restaurants and department stores, most men I encounter in public bathrooms make a beeline for the exit after stepping away from a urinal or leaving a toilet stall. A female friend of mine in Louisville says the same thing happens in ladies rooms. More than disgusting, people who don't wash their hands regularly are a serious health hazard. That point was driven home last week during a conference called by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address the troubling incidents of people who contract infections during hospital stays. According to the CDC, nearly 2 million in this country are infected every year while being treated for another problem in hospitals.