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Study Finds Hand Sanitizers, Wipes Reduce Workplace Illness Claims

Gojo-funded study shows benefit of hand hygiene in the office (with video).

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By: Christine Esposito

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A new workplace outcome study published in The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM) found that offices equipped with alcohol-based hand sanitizers and hand sanitizing wipes throughout the building and at employees' desks resulted in 24.3% fewer healthcare insurance claims for hand hygiene preventable illnesses – such as cold, flu and respiratory illnesses – than the office and employees in the control group without these products. The study was funded by Gojo. &#8220...

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