Methanol poisonings from contaminated hand sanitizers identified by the United States Food and Drug Administration

Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2023 Dec;61(12):1065-1067. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2023.2288809. Epub 2024 Jan 25.

Authors

Karen Konkel¹, Keith Burkhart², Carmen Cheng¹, Regina Lee¹, Theresa Michele³, Evelyn Mentari³, Ida-Lina Diak¹, Lynda MCCulley¹

Affiliations

¹ Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD.
² Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD.
³ Office of Nonprescription Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Alcoholism*
Hand Sanitizers*
Humans
Methanol
United States / epidemiology
United States Food and Drug Administration

Substances

Hand Sanitizers
Methanol

Grants and funding

FD999999/ImFDA/Intramural FDA HHS/United States