id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-300656-56sd6pnn Welle, Luke Tainted hand sanitizer leads to outbreak of methanol toxicity during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 2020-07-08 .txt text/plain 546 42 49 title: Tainted hand sanitizer leads to outbreak of methanol toxicity during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic Tainted hand sanitizer leads to outbreak of methanol toxicity during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic The most recent example in the American Southwest is an outbreak of methanol poisonings from tainted hand sanitizer products. 1 Hand sanitizer products have recently been indicated in methanol poisonings causing blindness in two and death in seven New Mexicans. 3 At the time of letter submission, our cases appear to align with hand sanitizer consumption, but not to products specifically identified thus far by the Food and Drug Administration. Emergency physicians must have a heightened awareness for methanol toxicity in at-risk populations given the possibility of this outbreak to spread geographically in this time of the online marketplace and heightened product demand. Use of Out-of-Hospital Ethanol Administration to Improve Outcome in Mass Methanol Outbreaks ./cache/cord-300656-56sd6pnn.txt ./txt/cord-300656-56sd6pnn.txt