PRO/AH/EDR> Alcohol poisoning – USA: hand sanitizer

Poisoning — United States
Citation: Yip L, Bixler D, Brooks DE, et al. Serious adverse health events, including death, associated with ingesting alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing methanol — Arizona and New Mexico, May-June 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. Epub 5 Aug 2020.
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Alcohol-based hand sanitizers should only contain ethanol or isopropanol, but some products imported into the USA have been found to contain methanol.
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