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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What is already known about this topic?
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers should only contain ethanol or isopropanol, but some products imported into the USA have been found to contain methanol.
What is added by this
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7656505&promed&0
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