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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan;40(1):290–294. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822f09c0

Table 1.

Case reports of intentional alcohol-based hand sanitizer ingestions

Case Ref Age (yrs) and sex Psychiatric Illness Hospital Admission Diagnosis Stated Ingestion Intent Location of Ingestion (Number of acute attempts) Hand Sanitizer Alcohol Concentration Blood Concentration of Alcohols (mg/dl) Therapeutic Interventions Outcome
1 (3) 49 M Alcoholism Alcohol intoxication NS Hospital 85% ethanol Ethanol 335 Gastric lavage, intubation Recovery
2 (4) 38 M Alcoholism Suspected intoxication NS Hospital Not specified Ethanol > 500 Intubation Recovery
3 (5) 38 F Chronic psychosis Pancreatic duct stone Suicide attempt Hospital 51% isopropanol, 34% propanol-1 isopropanol 37, acetone 227, propanol-1 < 10 Fomepizole Recovery
4 (6) 27 M Polysubstance abuse, depression Pancreatitis Suicide attempt ED (2 episodes within 2 months) 63% isopropanol Elevated isopropanol levels Intubation Recovery
5 (7) NS F Alcoholism Alcohol withdrawal Intoxication Hospital 65 – 75% ethanol Ethanol 700 Intubation Recovery
6 (8) 81 F NS Cardiac rehabilitation Suicide attempt Cardiac Rehab 85% ethanol Ethanol 228 Supportive Care Recovery
7 (9) 43 M Alcoholism Chest pain Intoxication Hospital 63% isopropanol Isopropanol 13.6, acetone 269 Supportive care Vasopressors Recovery
8 (10) 49 M NS Acute intoxication NS Correctional Facility 62% ethanol Ethanol 335 Fluid repletion Recovery
9 (11) 37 M NS Hospital Visitor NS Hospital 27.6% 1-propanol, 36.1% 2-propanol NS Gastic lavage, activated charcoal, intubation Recovery
10 (12) 53 M Alcoholism Acute intoxication Intoxication Outpatient and hospital Isopropanol with 1st ingestion episode and 2nd episode 61% ethanol Isopropanol 100 acetone 207 both from 1st episode, ethanol 376, 2nd episode Intensive care admission Recovery
11 (13) 46 M Bipolar disorder, Alcoholism Acute intoxication Intoxication Outpatient and in hospital 62% ethanol NS Observation Recovery
12 (14) NS Borderline Personality Syndrome NS NS Correctional Facility Isopropanol, Isopropanol 195, acetone 128 Intubation Hemodialysis Recovery
13 (15) 71 M Alcoholism Hyponatremia NS Hospital, 2 episodes 70% alcohol 1st episode 48% 2-propanol and 32% 1-propanol, 2nd episode 1st episode ethanol 180 2nd episode 1-propanol 850, 2-propanol 1600, acetone 55 Intensive Care Death
14 (16) 33 F Depression Alcoholism Depression Suicide Attempt Psychiatric ward 43% ethanol Ethanol 414 Intubation Recovery

M- male, F-female, NS-not specified, ED – emergency department