Thirdhand Smoke Contamination in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-09-11
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of the study is to quantify the efficacy of hand washing (HW) and ethyl
alcohol-based hand sanitizer (S) for third-hand smoke (THS) removal in a sub-sample of
non-staff smokers using nicotine wipes on adjacent fingers before and after HW/S.
The hypotheses are that detectable levels of surface nicotine will remain on participants'
fingers, regardless of hand washing (HW) and ethyl alcohol-based hand sanitizer (S) attempts
and that greater finger levels of surface nicotine will remain after alcohol sanitization
compared to hand washing.
Phase:
Phase 1
Details
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Collaborator:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)