Alcohol-based hand sanitisers: A warning to mitigate future poisonings and deaths
Alcohol-based hand sanitisers, if ingested, can have toxic effects and may even be lethal. Preventable deaths from ingesting hand sanitisers have been identified. This article describes two Prevent Future Death (PFD) case reports, and recommends eight actions to mitigate intentional and accidental i...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
BMJ
2020
|
| _version_ | 1797077986527150080 |
|---|---|
| author | Richards, GC |
| author_facet | Richards, GC |
| author_sort | Richards, GC |
| collection | OXFORD |
| description | Alcohol-based hand sanitisers, if ingested, can have toxic effects and may even be lethal. Preventable deaths from ingesting hand sanitisers have been identified. This article describes two Prevent Future Death (PFD) case reports, and recommends eight actions to mitigate intentional and accidental ingestion of alcohol-based hand sanitisers in healthcare and community settings. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-07T00:25:56Z |
| format | Journal article |
| id | oxford-uuid:7e212576-735a-4d1a-bd8c-ca8fd8409936 |
| institution | University of Oxford |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-07T00:25:56Z |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publisher | BMJ |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oxford-uuid:7e212576-735a-4d1a-bd8c-ca8fd84099362022-03-26T21:08:23ZAlcohol-based hand sanitisers: A warning to mitigate future poisonings and deathsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7e212576-735a-4d1a-bd8c-ca8fd8409936EnglishSymplectic ElementsBMJ2020Richards, GCAlcohol-based hand sanitisers, if ingested, can have toxic effects and may even be lethal. Preventable deaths from ingesting hand sanitisers have been identified. This article describes two Prevent Future Death (PFD) case reports, and recommends eight actions to mitigate intentional and accidental ingestion of alcohol-based hand sanitisers in healthcare and community settings. |
| spellingShingle | Richards, GC Alcohol-based hand sanitisers: A warning to mitigate future poisonings and deaths |
| title | Alcohol-based hand sanitisers: A warning to mitigate future poisonings and deaths |
| title_full | Alcohol-based hand sanitisers: A warning to mitigate future poisonings and deaths |
| title_fullStr | Alcohol-based hand sanitisers: A warning to mitigate future poisonings and deaths |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alcohol-based hand sanitisers: A warning to mitigate future poisonings and deaths |
| title_short | Alcohol-based hand sanitisers: A warning to mitigate future poisonings and deaths |
| title_sort | alcohol based hand sanitisers a warning to mitigate future poisonings and deaths |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT richardsgc alcoholbasedhandsanitisersawarningtomitigatefuturepoisoningsanddeaths |