Alcohol-based hand-disinfection reduced children's absence from Swedish day care centers

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1672-1680

  Lennell, Anne ^a   Kühlmann Berenzon, Sharon ^b   Geli, Patricia ^b,c   Hedin, Katarina ^d,e   Petersson, Christer ^d   Cars, Otto ^f   Mannerquist, Kerstin ^b   Burman, Lars G ^b   Fredlund, Hans ^a   Ekdahl, Karl ^g   Köhler, Marie ^g   Lindberg, Anders ^g   Sundin, Carl Gustaf ^g  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Kronoberg County Council   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Swedish Strategic Programme Against Antibiotic Resistance (Strama)   (Sweden)

^g Örebro University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Children; Cluster randomized trial; Day care centers; Hand disinfection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; GEL; HAND; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN;

ABSENTEEISM; ALCOHOLS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; GELS; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SWEDEN;

EID: 55649088488     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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