Touch and Feel Evaluation of Two Foam Hand Sanitizers

Phase 4

Completed

Conditions: Hand Hygiene

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

Registration Number: NCT05755282

Lead Sponsor: Medline Industries

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.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 46

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.

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
A: spectrum first then Purell	Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #1	Half of participants will apply Spectrum Advanced (#1) Hand Sanitizer Foam followed by Purell Advanced (#2) Hand Sanitizer Foam
A: spectrum first then Purell	Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #2	Half of participants will apply Spectrum Advanced (#1) Hand Sanitizer Foam followed by Purell Advanced (#2) Hand Sanitizer Foam
B: Purell first then spectrum	Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #1	Half of participants will apply hand Purell Advanced (#2) Hand Sanitizer Foam followed by Spectrum Advanced (#1) Hand Sanitizer
B: Purell first then spectrum	Post-market foam alcohol-based hand sanitizer #2	Half of participants will apply hand Purell Advanced (#2) Hand Sanitizer Foam followed by Spectrum Advanced (#1) Hand Sanitizer

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary Objective Foam Sanitizer User Touch and Feel Experience	up to 30 mins to complete on a single day; Directly after participants hands have dried after application of each hand sanitizer product	The user touch and feel experience of the foam hand sanitizer products evaluated by visual analog scale assessments (VAS) ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating a more favorable outcome, of healthcare workers overall satisfaction and moisturization.
Primary Objective Foam Sanitizer User Preference	up to 30 mins to complete on a single day; Directly after both products had been applied and washed off.	Healthcare workers' assessment of foam product preference via questionnaire, this was asked "and this question was asked after both \products\ had been applied and washed off"
Primary Objective Foam Sanitizer User Preference 2	up to 30 mins to complete on a single day; Directly after both products had been applied and washed off.	Participants were asked "If the other product was chosen by the facility, I would object". this was asked in the time window after both products had already been applied and washed off and therefore this question has a different arms grouping than the first set of questions. It was not asked when a given product was on the skin. The participants were blinded to the product being tested at a given time -- so there was no intent to connect this question to the product testing. The facility had clearly labeled wall units with hand sanitizer and all nurses were aware of what brand of product hand sanitizer the facility used.