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
