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Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizer:
Summary of Results
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•Reductions in diarrheal illness ranged from 48% to 71%
•Similar to reductions associated with use of plain soap
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•Most Reductions in respiratory illness were not statistically significant
–3%-20%
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•Infectious symptoms / absence ranged from 9% to 43%
–Variable definitions and reporting
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