Prospective Nail Polish Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Bacterial Growth

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05181761

Run by

Geisinger Clinic

People needed

12

Starts

2022-09-11

Expected to finish

2023-03-24

Last updated by the study team

2024-08-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Geisinger employee
• ≥18 years of age
• Able and willing to provide consent
• Works as a Anesthesiologists, Anesthesia resident physicians or Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA))

You may not qualify if…

• Hospital employees in the anesthesia department that are not involved in direct patient contact (Anesthesia Technicians).
• Hospital employees that are under 18 years of age

Where it is running

• Geisinger — Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

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