COST CALCULATOR

Just how much are germs costing your business?

Whether you see them or not, germs are everywhere in your work environment. They’re on your desk, your phone, and even the elevator button. In fact, according to a study conducted by Dr. Charles P. Gerba, noted professor of microbiology & immunology at the University of Arizona, the average desk harbors over 10 million germs.

How do they get there? By hand-to-hand contact. Germs pass from person-to-person, and from person-to-surface. Since colleagues interact with one another and with common surfaces and objects so frequently in the workplace, it’s easy to see how widely those germs can spread.

Just how much are those nasty little germs costing you?

Medical Expenses

$62

Absenteeism

$39

Presenteeism (coming to work sick)

$33

Total

$134

A study in the Journal of Environmental Medicine suggests that respiratory illness alone can cost as much as $134 per employee per year. Multiply that by the number of employees at your company and you can see just how expensive those germs can be.

This doesn't even include the cost of other illnesses caused by germs transmitted
by hands like e.coli, staph and salmonella.

CONSIDER THE COSTS AND THE BENEFITS
Enter information in blue cells.

COST OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS

1	Annual direct medical & payroll expenses associated with respiratory illness [1]	$134
2	Number of employees
3	Estimated annual cost	$

How would you like to increase productivity and wellness?

An outcome study at FedEx Custom Critical showed absenteeism rates due to illness were reduced by 21%. This translates to 31 work days saved per every 100 employees per year. [2] FexEx Custom Critical

COST OF THE PURELL PROGRAM FOR WORKPLACE WELLNESS

COST OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS

4	Suggested selling price	$
5	Number of employees
6	Estimate cost of the PURELL	$

12	Number of work days saved per year per 100 employees (31÷ 100)	.31
13	Number of employees	x
14	Days saved/year	=

CALCULATE YOUR POTENTIAL SAVINGS

Total Potential Program Impact

Payback in months (line 11)
Days saved/year (above)

Put the PURELL® Program for Workplace Wellness to work for you to help fight the spread of germs in your workplace.

7	Estimated annual cost of illness (from line 3)	$
8	Potential reduction in respiratory illness	21%
9	Potential savings (line 7 x line 8)	$
10	Estimated savings after program implementation (line 9 - line 6)	$
11	Payback in months (line 6 ÷ line 10) x 12	$ months

[1]

Goetzel RZ, Health, Absence, Disability and Presenteeism Cost Estimates of Certain Physical and Mental Health Conditions Affecting U.S. Employees. J Occupy Evviron Med. 2004;46:398-412

[2]

Number of Day Reductions: Assume 240 work days in a year (52 weeks - w weeks for h holidays - 2 weeks vacation = 48 weeks x 5 working days per week) and assume 100 employees: 100 employees x 0.0062 absence days per 100 worker days x 21% reduction in the number of days absent. FedEx Custom Critical Outcome Study Executive Update: Interim Report, July 27, 2004, (unpublished) GOJO Industries, Inc., 90.3% confidence interval.

This exercise is not intended to imply that using PURELL in the workplace will reduce the incidence of respiratory illness in your facility.