TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Alcohol hand rubs: hygiene and hazard
JO  - British medical journal: BMJ
A1  - Archer, J. R. H.
A1  - Wood, D. M.
A1  - Tizzard, Zoe
A1  - Jones, A. L.
A1  - Dargan, P. I.
SP  - 1154
EP  - 1155
VL  - 335
IS  - 7630
N2  - With the widespread introduction of these hand rubs, risk assessments were made for the possibility of fire and ingestion. Although alcohol hand rub is flammable, no incidents involving fire have occurred. Frequent dermal application of alcohol based hand rub has been shown not to raise blood ethanol levels. However, no further risk assessment has examined unintentional or intentional ingestion of alcohol rubs.<br />      <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-8138
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39274.583472.AE
ID  - ref1
ER  -