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cord-294839-qxn22td0	Ibfelt, T.	Effect of cleaning and disinfection of toys on infectious diseases and micro-organisms in daycare nurseries	2014-12-01		.txt	text/plain	3415	201	56	The intervention reduced the presence of adenovirus [odds ratio (OR) 2.4, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1–5.0], rhinovirus (OR 5.3, 95% CI 2.3–12.4) and respiratory syncytial virus (OR 4.1, 95% CI 1.5–11.2) compared with the control group, but the intervention had no effect on sickness absence or disease patterns in the nurseries. The aim of this study was to determine whether regular systematic cleaning and disinfection of toys would decrease the prevalence of bacteria and respiratory viruses in the nursery environment, and reduce sickness absence in Danish nurseries. Nurseries were questioned about their policies and procedures for hygiene and cleaning of toys before commencement of the study, and randomized to intervention (N ¼ 6) and control (N ¼ 6) groups. Fortnightly cleaning and disinfection of toys reduced the frequency of detection of some respiratory viruses, but not the bacterial load, and did not reduce the number of days of absence due to respiratory infection or sickness as a whole.	./cache/cord-294839-qxn22td0.txt	./txt/cord-294839-qxn22td0.txt