ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Methanol as an Unlisted Ingredient in Supposedly Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Can Pose Serious Health Risk.
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- Clinical presentation and management of methanol poisoning outbreaks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a retrospective analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Hand Sanitizer Gels: Classification, Challenges, and the Future of Multipurpose Hand Hygiene Products.Toxics · 2023Review
- Case Reports Study on Methanol Poisoning in King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Ocular Manifestations After Acute Methanol Poisoning.Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Hand Sanitizer Products Marketed to Children Available during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Cluster of Five Deaths Due to Methanol Toxicity After Apparent Hand Sanitizer Ingestion in the Setting of Chronic Alcoholism.Academic forensic pathology · 2022Article
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- A cross-sectional multicenter linkage study of hospital admissions and mortality due to methanol poisoning in Iranian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Methanol Intoxication After Suicidal Ingestion of Liquid Rodenticides: A Report of Two Cases.Journal of acute medicine · 2022Article
- Spectroscopic methods for assessment of hand sanitizers.Chemicke zvesti · 2022Article
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- Development of Methanol Sensor Based on Sol-Gel Drop-Coating CoGels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Chronic severe methanol intoxication after repeated mask cleansing due to fear of COVID-19: A new risk of coronaphobia.European journal of neurology · 2021Article
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- Canadian policy changes for alcohol-based hand rubs during the COVID-19 pandemic and unintended risks.World medical & health policy · 2021Article
- Development of a Chromium-free Gas Detector Tube for Alcohols.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2021Article
- Scale validation for the identification of falsified hand sanitizer: public and regulatory authorities perspectives from United Arab Emirates.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
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 acute poisoning indicate that alcohol-based hand rub with undeclared methanol may be found in the market from time to time. The unexpected presence of methanol poses a serious threat to public health. Unintentional ingestion by young children and inadvertent consumption by older subjects as alcohol (ethanol) substitute can occur. Methanol is more lethal and poisoning often requires antidotal therapy, in addition to supporting therapy and critical care. However, specific therapy may be delayed because the exposure to methanol is initially not suspected. When repeatedly used as a hand rub, skin absorption resulting in chronic toxicity (e.g., visual disturbances) occurs, particularly if methanol induced desquamation and dermatitis are present. Nationwide surveillance systems, regional/international toxicovigilance networks and situational awareness among the healthcare professionals should facilitate the early detection, management and prevention of such poisoning incidents of public health significance.
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