%0 Journal Article %T Increases in exposure calls related to selected cleaners and disinfectants at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: data from Canadian poison centres %J Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada %D 2021 %A Thompson, Margaret %A BĂ©lair, Guillaume %A Mosher, Laurie %A Wan, Victoria %A Wootton, Richard %A Smith, Alysyn %A Perwaiz, Shahid %A Hardy, James %A Button, Brooke %A Leong, Dennis %A Bogeljic, Bojana %A MacNeill, Morgan %A Dobbin, Nina %A Remer, Sandy %A Weiss, Deborah %A Yasseen Iii, Abdool %V 41 %N 1 %P 25-29 %X Little is known about the use or misuse of cleaning products during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compiled data from January to June in 2019 and 2020 from Canadian poison centres, and report on calls regarding selected cleaning products and present year-overyear percentage change. There were 3408 (42%) calls related to bleaches; 2015 (25%) to hand sanitizers; 1667 (21%) to disinfectants; 949 (12%) to chlorine gas; and 148 (2%) to chloramine gas. An increase in calls occurred in conjunction with the onset of COVID-19, with the largest increase occurring in March. Timely access to Canadian poison centre data facilitated early communication of safety messaging for dissemination to the public.

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%G fr %I Public Health Agency of Canada %@ 2368-738X %U http://dx.doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.41.1.03