Sanitizer will also lose efficacy over time exposed to hot temperatures, due to alcohol evaporating
A man dispenses hand sanitizer in a shopping mall in the Montreal borough of Pointe-Claire, Saturday, March 14, 2020.Doctors at Alberta Health Services say people using hand sanitizer when they are out shouldn’t leave it in their cars for too long because it could lead to a fire.
They said handwashing with soap and warm water is still the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but they noted that’s not always practical when outside the home or in a workplace.“As such, many people are using hand sanitizer products as an alternative to handwashing, when they are out and about,” Yui and McDougall wrote in Thursday’s newsletter.
There have, however, been cases cited in medical journals – including one from 2011 of a health-care worker who was burned when she lit a cigarette after using hand sanitizer.The National Fire Protection Association in the United States also issued a warning in mid-April about the possibility, although it noted there must be an ignition source for a fire to occur. It said spontaneous combustion is highly unlikely unless a vehicle were to reach extreme temperatures.
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