Touch and Feel Evaluation of Two Foam Hand Sanitizers

Medline Industries

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Hand Hygiene

Treatments: Drug: Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #2; Drug: Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #1

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05755282

MED-2022-DIV60-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

A: spectrum first then Purell

Active Comparator group

Description:

Half of participants will apply Spectrum Advanced (#1) Hand Sanitizer Foam followed by Purell Advanced (#2) Hand Sanitizer Foam

Treatment:

Drug: Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #1

Drug: Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #2

B: Purell first then spectrum

Active Comparator group

Description:

Half of participants will apply hand Purell Advanced (#2) Hand Sanitizer Foam followed by Spectrum Advanced (#1) Hand Sanitizer

Treatment:

Drug: Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #1

Drug: Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #2