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

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Darnall Army Community Hospital

Fort Hood, Texas, United States, 76544