Alcohol-based hand disinfectants improve business productivity

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 04:56 in Health & Medicine

The placement of alcohol-based hand disinfectants in businesses can reduce illness and absenteeism amongst the work force. A study published in the open access journal, BMC Infectious Diseases, has found that incidences of absenteeism in public administrations due to the common cold, fever and cough are significantly reduced when alcohol-based hand disinfectants are used by employees...

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