@article{ref1,
title="Hands well - all's well : prevention campaign of the Austrian General Accident Insurance Institution (AUVA) to reduce hand injuries",
journal="Unfallchirurg",
year="2017",
author="Leixnering, M. and Pezzei, C. and Schenk, C. and Szolarz, C. and Jurkowitsch, J. and Quadlbauer, S.",
volume="120",
number="6",
pages="531-536",
abstract="Overall, 41% of all work-related accidents lead to a hand injury. In the younger generation, the incidence rate even rises to 50%. In Austria, these accidents result in approximately half a million sick leave days per annum, an average of 12.5 days per accident. In comparison, leisure-time hand injuries show a significantly higher accident rate: 60% of hand injuries occur during leisure time. Far fewer safety measures are taken and a lack of adequate training and a disregard for safety recommendations are observed.This large number of hand injuries led to the launch of a campaign in Austria in 2014-2015 called &quot;Hände gut - Alles Gut&quot;, (Hands well - all's well). This campaign was aimed at reducing the costs, a sum of 309 million Euros, incurred solely from work-related hand accidents, by at least 5-10%.These exorbitantly high costs are not only due to severe hand trauma, most result from a multitude of slight and superficial wounds.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0177-5537",
doi="10.1007/s00113-017-0338-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00113-017-0338-x"
}