title: [Hands well - all's well : Prevention campaign of the Austrian General Accident Insurance Institution (AUVA) to reduce hand injuries].
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 "Hände gut - Alles Gut", (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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology, AUVA Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Böhler - European Hand Trauma Center, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200, Wien, Österreich. m.leixnering@me.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leixnering
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology, AUVA Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Böhler - European Hand Trauma Center, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pezzei
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Unfallverhütung und Berufskrankheitenbekämpfung, Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt (AUVA), 1200, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schenk
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Statistik, Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt (AUVA), 1200, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Szolarz
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology, AUVA Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Böhler - European Hand Trauma Center, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jurkowitsch
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology, AUVA Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Böhler - European Hand Trauma Center, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quadlbauer
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000191:economics*; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007346:Insurance, Accident / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Accident prevention; Hand injury; Hand surgery; Prevention campaign; Quality assurance; Reduction of hand injuries