{"id":8756,"date":"2020-08-05T11:25:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T18:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=8756"},"modified":"2021-04-06T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:25:52","slug":"serious-adverse-health-events-including-death-associated-with-ingesting-alcohol-based-hand-sanitizers-containing-methanol-arizona-and-new-mexico-may-june-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/05\/serious-adverse-health-events-including-death-associated-with-ingesting-alcohol-based-hand-sanitizers-containing-methanol-arizona-and-new-mexico-may-june-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious Adverse Health Events, Including Death, Associated with Ingesting Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing Methanol \u2014 Arizona and New Mexico, May\u2013June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fifteen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0cases of methanol poisoning associated with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ingestion of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">alcohol-based hand sanitizers were reported in Arizona and New Mexico<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0between May 1 and June 30, 2020<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. All 15\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0were hospitalized,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">6<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">develop<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0seizures,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">9\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">received\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hemodialysis or continuous renal replacement therapy. Four of these patients had died as of July 8<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. An additional<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0three were discharged from the hospital with visual impairment.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"15\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An ongoing FDA investigation identified 67 alcohol-based hand sanitizer products that contain methanol<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">products have been recalled.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yip et al. (Aug 5, 2020). Serious Adverse Health Events, Including Death, Associated with Ingesting Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing Methanol \u2014 Arizona and New Mexico, May\u2013June 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15585\/mmwr.mm6932e1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15585\/mmwr.mm6932e1<\/span><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen\u00a0cases of methanol poisoning associated with\u00a0ingestion of\u00a0alcohol-based hand sanitizers were reported in Arizona and New Mexico\u00a0between May 1 and June 30, 2020. All 15\u00a0people\u00a0were hospitalized,\u00a06\u00a0developed\u00a0seizures,\u00a0and\u00a09\u00a0received\u00a0hemodialysis or continuous renal replacement therapy. Four of these patients had died as of July 8. An additional\u00a0three were discharged from the hospital with visual impairment.\u00a0\u00a0 An ongoing FDA investigation identified&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/05\/serious-adverse-health-events-including-death-associated-with-ingesting-alcohol-based-hand-sanitizers-containing-methanol-arizona-and-new-mexico-may-june-2020\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[16],"class_list":["post-8756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-public-health-policy-and-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8757,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8756\/revisions\/8757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8756"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=8756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}