Hand sanitizers and cleaning mean fewer kids home sick from school

Posted: June 2nd, 2008 - 6:03pm by Doug Powell

New research in the journal Pediatrics has concluded that,

"A multifactorial intervention including hand sanitizer and surface disinfection reduced absenteeism caused by gastrointestinal illness in elementary school students. Norovirus was found less often on classroom surfaces in the intervention group. Schools should consider adopting these practices to reduce days lost to common illnesses."

Wonder if it would work for restaurants.
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Categories: Norovirus
Tags: Cleaning, Sanitizers, Schools

Comments

Craig Hedberg says:

Doug, After reading this article it's not clear to me it works in schools.Cheers,Craig

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 - 2:12pm

cvm says:

Many schools, especially at he elementry level don't allow hand sanitizers(child bringing in own and keeping with backpack; or teacher having one at the desk); boards believe there is a risk of drinking it..ahhh how do we get past this; and encourage it in the schools with supervision by the classroom teacher? (also is it >60% alcohol used?)

Posted on June 25th, 2008 - 9:21am

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