VERITIV HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS INSIGHTS

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In partnership with GOJO

An innovative program to improveworkplace productivity

Information taken from:“

Evaluating Effects of an Alcohol Hand Sanitizer Program on Employee Absenteeism: Pilot Results - GOJO Industries Inc.

It is well recognized that hands are the

primary mode of transmission of many infectious

diseases.

Most workplace environments share

key predisposing factors that contribute

to infection transmission, such

as close working environments, shared

bathrooms and break rooms /

cafeterias for eating.

Absenteeism caused by

transmissible diseases is a major contributor to lost productivity in the workplace and to most companies.

BACKGROUND

Information taken from:

Evaluating Effects of an Alcohol Hand Sanitizer Program on Employee Absenteeism: Pilot Results - GOJO Industries Inc.

• 34-week prospective intervention study

• Approximately 250 employees on each floor using two different floors in the same building

• Composed of similar white-collar jobs, including customer service, sales / marketing and operation managers

• Employees in each group did not interact with each other on a regular basis

DETAILS

Information taken from:

“Evaluating Effects of an Alcohol Hand Sanitizer Program on Employee Absenteeism: Pilot Results - GOJO Industries Inc.

Alcohol-based instant hand sanitizer (PURELL®) and an educational program was introduced on one floor only

absenteeism rate for the test population per 100 employee

days

0.494 absenteeism rate for the control population

per 100 employee days

0.618 increase in viable

work days

21%

*Information taken from: Evaluating Effects of an Alcohol Hand Sanitizer Program

on Employee Absenteeism: Pilot Results - GOJO Industries Inc.

RESULTS

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