Can alcohol-based hand-rub solutions cause you to lose your driver's license? Comparative cutaneous absorption of various alcohols

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作者
Brown, T. L.
Gamon, S.
Tester, P.
Martin, R.
Hosking, K.
Bowkett, G. C.
Gerostamoulos, D.
Grayson, M. L.
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[1] Victoria Police, Austin Hlth, Dept Infect Dis, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[2] Victoria Police, Austin Hlth, Infect Control Dept, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[3] Victorian Inst Forens Med, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[4] Monash Univ, Dept Epidemiol & Prevent Med, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
[5] Univ Melbourne, Dept Med, Melbourne, Vic 3084, Australia
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10.1128/AAC.01320-06
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
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.
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