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No, you can shake hands after a bow. After all, Japanese besinessmen bow
repeatedly sometimes.

Tom wrote:

> I'm in discussion with my constituents.  I believe a bow is a formal type of
> hand shake, and that to shake hands after a bow is actually not correct
> etiquette.  Is this correct?