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Increases in exposure calls related to selected cleaners and disinfectants at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: data from Canadian poison centres.
Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021 01; 41(1):25-29.HP

Abstract

Little is known about the use or misuse of cleaning products during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compiled data from January to June in 2019 and 2020 from Canadian poison centres, and report on calls regarding selected cleaning products and present year-overyear percentage change. There were 3408 (42%) calls related to bleaches; 2015 (25%) to hand sanitizers; 1667 (21%) to disinfectants; 949 (12%) to chlorine gas; and 148 (2%) to chloramine gas. An increase in calls occurred in conjunction with the onset of COVID-19, with the largest increase occurring in March. Timely access to Canadian poison centre data facilitated early communication of safety messaging for dissemination to the public.

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Yasseen Iii A
Chemical Emergency Management and Toxicovigilance Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Weiss D
Chemical Emergency Management and Toxicovigilance Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Remer S
Chemical Emergency Management and Toxicovigilance Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Poison Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dobbin N
Chemical Emergency Management and Toxicovigilance Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Drug and Poison Information Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
MacNeill M
Chemical Emergency Management and Toxicovigilance Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Izaak Walton Killam Poison Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bogeljic B
Chemical Emergency Management and Toxicovigilance Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Leong D
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Drug and Poison Information Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Wan V
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Drug and Poison Information Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Mosher L
Izaak Walton Killam Poison Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bélair G
Centre antipoison du Québec, Québec City, Quebec, Canada.
Thompson M
Ontario Poison Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Button B
Poison and Drug Information Service, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Hardy J
Consumer and Hazardous Products Safety Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Perwaiz S
Health Products Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Smith A
Health Products Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Wootton R
Chemical Emergency Management and Toxicovigilance Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

MeSH

COVID-19CanadaDisinfectantsEnvironmental ExposureHousehold ProductsHumansPoison Control Centers

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng fre

PubMed ID

33438943

Citation

Yasseen Iii, Abdool, et al. "Increases in Exposure Calls Related to Selected Cleaners and Disinfectants at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data From Canadian Poison Centres." Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada : Research, Policy and Practice, vol. 41, no. 1, 2021, pp. 25-29.
Yasseen Iii A, Weiss D, Remer S, et al. Increases in exposure calls related to selected cleaners and disinfectants at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: data from Canadian poison centres. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021;41(1):25-29.
Yasseen Iii, A., Weiss, D., Remer, S., Dobbin, N., MacNeill, M., Bogeljic, B., Leong, D., Wan, V., Mosher, L., Bélair, G., Thompson, M., Button, B., Hardy, J., Perwaiz, S., Smith, A., & Wootton, R. (2021). Increases in exposure calls related to selected cleaners and disinfectants at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: data from Canadian poison centres. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada : Research, Policy and Practice, 41(1), 25-29. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.41.1.03
Yasseen Iii A, et al. Increases in Exposure Calls Related to Selected Cleaners and Disinfectants at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data From Canadian Poison Centres. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021;41(1):25-29. PubMed PMID: 33438943.
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