Open AccessA REVIEW ON ALCOHOL BASED HAND SANITIZER (ABHS) POISONING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Sreeja Nyayakar,
Shailja Singh,
M. Christan,
Minu Kurian Joseph Mrs.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
paripex indian journal of research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/paripex/9007300
Subject(s) - hand sanitizer , medicine , alcohol , environmental health , hygiene , pandemic , outbreak , covid-19 , poison control , virology , disease , biology , biochemistry , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Hand sanitizers are everywhere because of the Coronavirus, but that has led to an unexpected side effects. Nonrecommended use of alcohol-based (alcohol) hand sanitizers, including intentional or unintentional ingestion, might beassociated with greater health risks in young children than similar use of non-alcohol-based (non-alcohol) handsanitizers.Hand sanitizer products are 60–70% ethyl alcohol, which can be toxic to young children even in smallamounts.After the outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 usage of hand sanitizers have increased and the reason forthis immense usage of hand sanitizer was suggested by WHO as a preventive measure to control this pandemic, whichleads to significantly increased usage of alcohol based hand sanitizers as hand hygiene.Number of cases reported toNPDS about exposure to alcohol and non-alcohol hand sanitizer in children ≤12 years old in the year2011–14significantly increased.Initial five months of 2020, American Association of Poison Control Center reported 9504alcoholic hand sanitizer exposure cases in children under the age of 12 years and recognized that even a small amount ofalcohol can cause alcohol poisoning in children. In this rising issue, it is very important to pay attention towards AlcoholBased Hand Sanitizer (ABHS) poisoning in order to reduce the risk of sanitizer poisoning especially in young population