Generally, you should follow these rules to minimize contact with creepy crawlies:

Invincible shifted uneasily, lifting his hooves as if to minimize contact with the earth.

All right, then we have to minimize contact between you two for the next ten days.

They also were trying to minimize contact between wildlife pushed out of their natural habitats and people in Louisiana.

To minimize contact with communicables.

That means, in addition to ultraviolet cleaning, most of the jobs they've been doing help minimize contact between potentially infectious humans.

I also know that I'll also be going at off-hours-earlyin the morning, or mid-morning after the pre-work rush-tominimize contact with others.

All China-related flights will be routed through a separate terminal at the Sheremetyevo Airport, Aeroflot said, to minimize contact between those flights and other passengers.

Webb has recommended that users hold the iPhone 4 in what he called the "Vulcan iPhone pinch" to minimize contact with the external antennas.

She had worn gloves, washed her hands and minimized contact with travelers.

I perched gingerly, minimizing contact with the seat and floor.

"Everybody remember to stay on your feet and minimize contact with the surface!"

His first thought was to walk on by; minimizing friction by minimizing contact had become an unwritten rule of shipboard life.

Also called the "Death Grip," the hold minimizes contact with the steel band that encircles the edge of the iPhone 4, which contains the antennas.