Hand sanitisers for reducing illness absences in primary school children in New Zealand: A cluster randomised controlled trial study protocol

Trials

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McKenzie, Joanne E ^a   Priest, Patricia ^b   Audas, Rick ^b   Poore, Marion R ^c   Brunton, Cheryl R ^d   Reeves, Lesley M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Public Health South   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAND SANITIZER; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE PRODUCT; LOOSE FECES; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL HYGIENE; VOMITING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 76949103050     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-11-7     Document Type: Article

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