• Der Unfallchirurg · Jun 2017

    [Hands well - all's well : Prevention campaign of the Austrian General Accident Insurance Institution (AUVA) to reduce hand injuries].

    • M Leixnering, C Pezzei, C Schenk, C Szolarz, J Jurkowitsch, and S Quadlbauer.
    • Department of Traumatology, AUVA Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Böhler - European Hand Trauma Center, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200, Wien, Österreich. m.leixnering@me.com.
    • Unfallchirurg. 2017 Jun 1; 120 (6): 531-536.

    AbstractOverall, 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.

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