Methanol as an Unlisted Ingredient in Supposedly Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Can Pose Serious Health Risk

Alcohol-based hand rub (hand sanitizer) is heavily used in the community and the healthcare setting to maintain hand hygiene. Methanol must never be used in such a product because oral, pulmonary and/or skin exposures can result in severe systemic toxicity and even deaths. However, sporadic cases of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chan, Alan P. L., Chan, Thomas Y. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29987197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071440

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29987197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071440

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