Status:
COMPLETED
Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizer: Can Frequent Use Cause an Elevated Blood Alcohol Level?
Lead Sponsor:
C.R.Darnall Army Medical Center
Conditions:
Healthy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-50 years
Brief Summary
Ethanol based hand sanitizers do not raise blood alcohol levels to a measurable amount. This study will determine to what extent, if any, heavy use of ABHS changes blood alcohol levels.
Detailed Description
Ethanol continues to be the most frequently abused intoxicant in the United States.4 Drug testing in various work environments has become commonplace during the past two decades and will at times incl...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adults between the ages of 18 and 50 years without liver or renal disease working in the emergency department to include residents and staff physicians.
Exclusion
- Alcohol intake or exposure in the past 12 hours to include ABHS.
- Allergy to ABHS or any of its ingredients.
- Any rash on the extremities.
- Currently taking disulfiram , metronidazole, chloramphenicol, nitrofurantoin, tolbutamide, chlorpropamide, glyburide, glipizide, tolazamide, griseofulvin, chloral hydrate, acetohexamide, and third-generation cephalosporins.
- Liver or kidney disease.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
February 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
5 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00297908
Start Date
February 1 2006
End Date
February 1 2006
Last Update
June 3 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Darnall Army Community Hospital
Fort Hood, Texas, United States, 76544