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Prospective Nail Polish Study

NCT05181761 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2024-08-22

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Summary

This is an randomized, prospective study utilizing volunteers from the anesthesia department at Geisinger Medical Center (GMC). Subjects' hands will be randomized 1:1 using statistical software to determine which hand will receive the gel polish using proportional stratified random sampling. The glove juice method will be used to measure hand bacterial counts to determine whether or not hands with nail polish harbor more bacteria than hands without polish. In addition, all subjects will fill out an employee satisfaction survey related to their satisfaction at work at the beginning of the study as well as at the end of the study.

Conditions

  • Bacterial Growth

Interventions

OTHER

Gel Polish

One hand of a subject with receive nail polish to compare bacterial growth between hands with gel nail polish to those without.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Geisinger Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca Hoffman, MD · Geisinger Physician

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-11
Primary Completion
2022-11-21
Completion
2023-03-24

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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