Aloetouch Research
Korniewicz, DM, El Masri M. Effect of aloe-vera impregnated gloves on hand hygiene attitudes of health care workers. MEDSURG Nursing. 2007;16(4):247-252.
This study demonstrates that health care workers who use aloe vera gloves had less skin irritation and better compliance with hand hygiene requirements. Further, the introduction of aloe vera medical gloves could lead to a reduction in infection rates.
West D, Fen ZY. Evaluation of aloe vera gel in the treatment of dry skin associated with occupational exposure. American Journal of Infection Control. 2003;31:40-42.
Dr. Dennis West conducted a study comparing the skin integrity of affected dry and irritated skin study participants before and after the introduction of Aloetouch exam gloves. Study participants wore an aloe glove on one hand - and kept the other hand gloveless - for 30 days. The study concluded that the mean time before the first noticeable improvement for the aloe glove hand was 3.5 days and the mean time to significant improvement in skin quality was 10.4 days. There was no improvement witnessed in the non-gloved hand for any of the participants. The study also indicates that after the aloe glove was removed, the dry and irritated skin of the study participants returned.
Remedy Research
These tests by Dow Corning demonstrate that Remedy skin products reduce transepidermal water loss by a factor of 7.5 versus an untreated collagen layer. This leads to much quicker recovering of damaged skin.
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Larson E, Krezer EK. Compliance with handwashing and barrier precautions. Journal of Hospital Infection. 1995;30:88-106.
Dr. Elaine Larson conducted a monumental study that identified irritation and dryness as the leading deterrents to handwashing. This study led to the CDC recommendation of "regular use of products to prevent and treat irritant contact dermatitis caused by hand hygiene products.
McCormick R, Buchman T, Maki D. Double-blind randomized trial of scheduled use of a novel barrier cream and an oil-containing lotion for protecting the hands of health care workers. American Journal of Infection Control. 2000;28:302-10.
Dr. Dennis Maki conducted a study for the American Journal of Infection Control in 2000. An experimental group of healthcare employee study participants used a moisturizing hand lotion to improve skin quality while a control group continued normal activities. The study concluded that hand hygiene compliance improved more than 50 percent over the control group that did not use the lotion.