Use of hand disinfection reduces absenteeism from day care centres

A Lennell; H Fredlund

doi:10.2807/ese.13.42.19006-en

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Use of hand disinfection reduces absenteeism from day care centres
A Lennell¹ , H Fredlund¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Unit for Infectious Disease Control, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden

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A Lennell
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Citation style for this article: Lennell A, Fredlund H. Use of hand disinfection reduces absenteeism from day care centres. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(42):pii=19006. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.42.19006-en Received: 14 Oct 2008

Abstract

A study carried out in day care centres in ten counties in southern and central Sweden showed that using hand disinfection with ethyl alcohol reduced absenteeism among children due to illness by 12%.