Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizer: Can Frequent Use Cause an Elevated Blood Alcohol Level? (NCT00297908) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizer: Can Frequent Use Cause an Elevated Blood Alcohol Level?
United States5 participantsStarted 2006-02
Plain-language 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.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 50 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* 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 Criteria:
* 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.