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Article: Fire and alcohol: Hand-hygiene plans getting hosed down by safety officials.
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- Hospital Infection Control
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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Fire and alcohol: Hand-hygiene plans getting hosed down by safety officials
We hoped it would go away, but it has reached a crescendo
The nationwide switch to alcohol hand rubs is running afoul of fire marshals who fear the flammable products might accelerate a hospital blaze.
Loretta Fauerbach, MS, CIC, director of infection control at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville, recently described the problem to infection control advisors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations also has weighed in on the issue.
Fire marshals ...