TY - JOUR AU - McKenzie, Joanne E. AU - Priest, Patricia AU - Audas, Rick AU - Poore, Marion R. AU - Brunton, Cheryl R. AU - Reeves, Lesley M. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/01/23 TI - Hand sanitisers for reducing illness absences in primary school children in New Zealand: a cluster randomised controlled trial study protocol JO - Trials SP - 7 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - New Zealand has relatively high rates of morbidity and mortality from infectious disease compared with other OECD countries, with infectious disease being more prevalent in children compared with others in the population. Consequences of infectious disease in children may have significant economic and social impact beyond the direct effects of the disease on the health of the child; including absence from school, transmission of infectious disease to other pupils, staff, and family members, and time off work for parents/guardians. Reduction of the transmission of infectious disease between children at schools could be an effective way of reducing the community incidence of infectious disease. Alcohol based no-rinse hand sanitisers provide an alternative hand cleaning technology, for which there is some evidence that they may be effective in achieving this. However, very few studies have investigated the effectiveness of hand sanitisers, and importantly, the potential wider economic implications of this intervention have not been established. SN - 1745-6215 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-11-7 DO - 10.1186/1745-6215-11-7 ID - McKenzie2010 ER -