Clinical trial NCT05755282: Touch and Feel Evaluation of Two Foam Hand Sanitizers
Official title: Touch and Feel Evaluation of Two Foam Hand Sanitizers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE4
Conditions: Hand Hygiene
Lead sponsor: Medline Industries
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2023-03-06
Enrollment: 46
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Hand sanitizers are a standard of hygiene requirements. Hand sanitizers must be effective at reducing germ count on the hands while ideally providing emollients to moisturize the skin after use. To improve compliance with hand sanitizing protocols, hand sanitizers should provide a pleasant touch and feel experience for end users, especially for healthcare worker (HCW) users, who use these products frequently.

Detailed description: Hand sanitizers are a standard of hygiene requirements. Hand sanitizers are a standard tool frequently used in hospital settings by healthcare (HCWs) for hand disinfection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that HCWs should use an alcohol-based hand rub, such as a hand sanitizer, or wash their hands with soap and water immediately before and after patient contact, during aseptic tasks, after contact with blood, bodily fluids, or contaminated surfaces, and immediately after glove removal. 1 Additionally, the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on hand hygiene state that alcohol-based handrubs rapidly and effectively inactivate a wide array of potentially harmful microorganisms on hands. 2 Hand sanitizers must be effective at reducing germ count on the hands while ideally providing emollients to moisturize the skin after use. To improve compliance with hand sanitizing protocols, hand sanitizers should provide a pleasant touch and feel experience for users, especially for healthcare worker (HCW) users.

The goal of this study is to evaluate the user touch and feel experience of two hand sanitizer foam products produced by Medline and GOJO when the products are used by HCWs.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthcare workers ≥ 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individual has a skin condition that might result in irritation from the hand sanitizers.
* Individual has a known allergy to the ingredients in the test products.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Primary Objective Foam Sanitizer User Touch and Feel Experience
timeFrame: up to 30 mins to complete on a single day; Directly after participants hands have dried after application of each hand sanitizer product
measure: Primary Objective Foam Sanitizer User Preference
timeFrame: up to 30 mins to complete on a single day; Directly after both products had been applied and washed off.
measure: Primary Objective Foam Sanitizer User Preference 2
timeFrame: up to 30 mins to complete on a single day; Directly after both products had been applied and washed off.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Evanston
country: United States
facility: NorthShore University HealthSystem
state: Illinois
Study officials:
References:
citation: Boyce JM, Pittet D; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee; HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Association for Professionals in Infection Control/Infectious Diseases Society of America. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2002 Oct 25;51(RR-16):1-45, quiz CE1-4.
citation: WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care: First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care Is Safer Care. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2009. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK144013/