None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary purpose is to evaluate how long a single hand disinfection lasts.
Interventions
Participants will use different hand sanitizers and have their fingers cultured after each use.
Participants will use each hand sanitizer in a random order for 30 seconds
There is a washout period of a minimum of 3 days between use of the different hand sanitizers
Hand sanitizers will contain with Decanoic acid, ethanol or a quaternary ammonium compound as the active ingredients. The hand sanitizers are "Doxall" manufactured by Wintermute Biomedical (1.5% decanoic acid as active ingredient), "D
Participants will use different hand sanitizers and have their fingers cultured after each use. Participants will use each hand sanitizer in a random order for 30 seconds There is a washout period of a minimum of 3 days between use of the different hand sanitizers Hand sanitizers will contain with Decanoic acid, ethanol or a quaternary ammonium compound as the active ingredients. The hand sanitizers are "Doxall" manufactured by Wintermute Biomedical (1.5% decanoic acid as active ingredient), "Dettol" manufactured by Reckitt Benckiser (70% ethanol as active ingredient) and "Zoono" manufactured by Zoono Group (0.6% quaternary ammonium compounds as active ingredient)
Sponsors
UNSW
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Willing to adhere to study protocol
Exclusion criteria
Infections on hands; known allergy to hand sanitizer ingredients
Outcome results
None listed