Efficacy of a protective hand cream to improve skin barrier function compare with a conventional cream in pediatric intensive care unit health-care workers
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- healthy health-care workers in pediatric intensive care unitProtective hand cream,transepidermal water loss,health-care workers,hand hygiene practices,pediatric intensive care unit
- Registration Number
- TCTR20190128005
- Lead Sponsor
- Ratchadapiseksompotch Fund, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy heath-care workers:
â€Frequency of hand washing > 10 times/shift (8 hours)
â€Working time more than 8 shifts/2 weeks
â€Willing to refrain from using any other hand lotions/creams except those dispense for the study
â€Willing to stop using current hand lotions/creams for 2 weeks (wash out period)
Exclusion Criteria
â€Active skin diseases of their hands
â€Use of anti-inflammatory drugs
â€Use of immunosuppressive drugs
â€Regularly use of high dose antihistamine
â€History of allergic to substances containing in the study products
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method efficacy of protective hand cream 2 weeks Clinical response score
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Transepidermal water loss 2 weeks TEWAMETER