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Calls to a State Poison Center Concerning Cleaners and Disinfectants from the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic Through April 2020



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    An increased use of disinfectants during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may increase the number of adverse health effects among people who apply them or among those who are in the area being disinfected. For the 3-month period from January 1 to March 30, 2020, the number of calls about exposure to cleaners and disinfectants made to US poison centers in all states increased 20.4%, and the number of calls about exposure to disinfectants increased 16.4%. We examined calls about cleaners and disinfectants to the Michigan Poison Center (MiPC) since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We compared all calls related to exposure to cleaners or disinfectants, calls with symptoms, and calls in which a health care provider was seen during the first quarters of 2019 and 2020 and in relationship to key COVID-19 dates. From 2019 to 2020, the number of all disinfectant calls increased by 42.8%, the number of calls with symptoms increased by 57.3%, the average number of calls per day doubled after the first Michigan COVID-19 case, from 4.8 to 9.0, and the proportion of calls about disinfectants among all exposure calls to the MiPC increased from 3.5% to 5.0% (P < .001). Calls for exposure to cleaners did not increase significantly. Exposure occurred at home for 94.8%97.1% of calls, and ingestion was the exposure route for 59.7% of calls. Information about the adverse health effects of disinfectants and ways to minimize exposure should be included in COVID-19 pandemic educational materials. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    0033-3549
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    27-31
  • Volume:
    136
  • Issue:
    1
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20062211
  • Citation:
    Public Health Rep 2021 Jan/Feb; 136(1):27-31
  • Contact Point Address:
    Kenneth D. Rosenman, MD, Michigan State University, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 909 Wilson Rd, Room 117 West Fee, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
  • Email:
    rosenman@msu.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2021
  • Performing Organization:
    Michigan State University
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Public Health Reports
  • End Date:
    20260630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:679870130aed3e202f8ea392c5e4b34e9b2b2059c39347b29bac916b8857afd39aa1fd3b544921b8c63de398fb118c2abe8567bf557a7e3c537b3a14b798aeaa
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