Idjits
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 by Dawn SummersDocs warn idiots not to drink hand sanitizers.
“Before those results were obtained, the patient was seen in the bathroom drinking the alcohol-based hand wash from its dispenser,” Dr. Ashkan Emadi and Dr. LeAnn Coberly of the University of Cincinnati wrote.
“When asked why he ingested the hand cleaner, he pointed to the label, which read, ‘Active ingredient 63 percent v/v isopropyl alcohol.’ He explained that this percentage is higher than that in vodka,” they added.
It takes only a small amount of isopropanol to kill, by depressing the heart and central nervous system, they wrote.