An Introduction to AssureTM Antimicrobial Hand Mousse

Presentation overview

• What is Assure hand mousse?

• What does Assure hand mousse do?

• How to use Assure mousse

• Key Features and benefits

• Does it work?

• Summary

What is Assure?

• Assure hand sanitising mousse is a water based, alcohol free hand sanitiser

• *Assure contains Active technology*

• 3 biocides (2 x quats + PHMB)

• Polymer backbone

• Available in 3 product offerings;

• 50ml individual / personal size

• 600ml free standing pump dispenser

• 800ml wall mounted dispenser

What is Assure?

• *Assure contains Active technology*

• Combines 3 biocides (2 x quats + PHMB) with a polymer backbone

Assure AzoMaxActive

What does Assure do?

• Offers healthcare professionals a truly alcohol free alternative to hand hygiene

• Assure is soft and gentle to the skin, which helps to prevent dry, cracked and sore hands

• Using skin friendly hand hygiene products increases concordance with hand hygiene protocols and helps to reduce the risk of healthcare associated infections

How to use Assure

• Hand hygiene is recognised as an essential element in the fight against healthcare associated infections

• Assure can be used in situations where hand washing facilities are not present and / or after hand washing

• Assure mousse is used in an identical way to existing alcohol hand rubs

• Synergy health recommend using the following six-step hand hygiene protocol

How to use Assure

• To sanitise your hands, dispense a ‘golf ball’ sized volume of Assure hand mousse into the palm of your hand and perform the following actions;

STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3

How to use Assure

STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6

Key features and benefits of Assure mousse

• Underpinned by clinically proven Active technology

• Alcohol free

• No damage to healthcare environment (paintwork / fixtures / fittings etc)

• No flammability issues

• No drying / cracking of the skin – improved staff concordance with hand hygiene protocols

• No incentive to ingest (alcohol hand rubs have been ingested by dementia patients / elderly and confused patients / alcohol dependent patients)

• No risk of encouraging C diff spore formation

• Always evaluates well with customers – skin friendly

Does Assure work?

• Assure passes EN1500 test for hand hygiene products (matches performance criteria of the test standard - 60% alcohol hand rub)

• IPS 2009 Conference Poster – Dr Ken Baird

• Hands were washed, sanitised and dried

• Clean hands were seeded with 1ml of E. coli (1x108)

• Spread over palms and fingers using sterile spreader

• Hands then cleaned using 70% alcohol or Assure mousse

• L hand pressed into agar @ 3 minutes; R hand @ 20 minutes

• ‘based on the results of this test a water based hand sanitiser may offer performance advantages over existing alcohol gels’

Does Assure work?

• IPS 2009 Conference Poster – Suzanne Morris (ICN - Care UK)

• Morris wanted to move away from alcohol based hand rubs

• Identified Assure as potential alcohol free alternative

• Pilot evaluation of the Assure mousse in 7 care homes

• Evaluation lasted 16 weeks

• Evaluation outcomes included

• Product feedback / staff acceptance

• Staff concordance with hand hygiene protocols

• Comparison of HCAI incidence across care homes (pre and post pilot study)

• ‘care home managers reported very positive feedback on the Assure mousse’

• HCAI incidence dropped due to a combination of education / training / product acceptance and availability

Does Assure work? - Baird and Morris IPS 2009 posters

Summary

• Assure is a water based, alcohol free hand sanitiser

• Simple to use

• Skin friendly

• Overcomes the problems commonly associated with alcohol hand rubs

• Supported by laboratory test data and in-use clinical evaluations