A cluster-randomized controlled trial of handrubs for prevention of infectious diseases among children in Colombia Ensayo controlado aleatorizado por conglomerados sobre el uso de antisépticos para las manos para la prevención de enfermedades infecciosas en los niños en Colombia

• Main Authors: Juan C. Correa, Diana Pinto, Lucas A. Salas, Juan C. Camacho, Martín Rondón, Juliana Quintero
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2012
• Subjects: Lavado de manos; antiinfecciosos locales; enfermedades gastrointestinales; infecciones del sistema respiratorio; diarrea; etanol; preescolar; países en desarrollo; ensayos clínicos controlados aleatorios como asunto; Colombia; Handwashing; anti-infective agents; local; gastrointestinal diseases; respiratory tract infections; diarrhea; ethanol; child; preschool; developing countries; randomized controlled trials as topic; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ari
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/7a1642aae79e4497987be6a8ffd5938e

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of alcohol-based handrubs (ABH) in reducing acute diarrheal diseases (ADD) and acute respiratory infections (ARI) among children 1-5 years of age in childcare centers with limited tap water. METHODS: This was the first cluster-randomized controlled trial in a...