TY - JOUR
T1 - Can alcohol-based hand-rub solutions cause you to lose your driver's license? Comparative cutaneous absorption of various alcohols
AU - Brown, T L
AU - Gamon, S
AU - Tester, P
AU - Martin, Rhea
AU - Hosking, K
AU - Bowkett, G C
AU - Gerostamoulos, Dimitri
AU - Grayson, Michael Lindsay
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We assessed cutaneous ethanol (ETOH) and isopropanol (ISOP) absorption after intensive (30 times per h) use of alcohol-based hand-rub solutions by healthcare workers (HCWs). ETOH was detectable in the breath of 6/20 HCWs (0.001 to 0.0025 ) at 1 to 2 min postexposure and in the serum of 2/20 HCWs at 5 to 7 min postexposure. Serum ISOP levels were unrecordable at all time points.
AB - We assessed cutaneous ethanol (ETOH) and isopropanol (ISOP) absorption after intensive (30 times per h) use of alcohol-based hand-rub solutions by healthcare workers (HCWs). ETOH was detectable in the breath of 6/20 HCWs (0.001 to 0.0025 ) at 1 to 2 min postexposure and in the serum of 2/20 HCWs at 5 to 7 min postexposure. Serum ISOP levels were unrecordable at all time points.
UR - http://aac.asm.org/cgi/reprint/51/3/1107?ck=nck
U2 - 10.1128/AAC.01320-06
DO - 10.1128/AAC.01320-06
M3 - Article
SN - 0066-4804
VL - 51
SP - 1107
EP - 1108
JO - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
JF - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
IS - 3
ER -