University of Zurich, Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine, Center for Forensic Hair Analytics, Kurvenstrasse 17, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
Alcohol Alcohol. 2021 Jan 4;56(1):38-41. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agaa091.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic increasing the use of hand disinfectants, we investigated the effect of frequent use of ethanol-based hand disinfectants (EBHD) on the levels of the alcohol marker ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in hair.
Hair samples were collected from 10 health professionals (8 nondrinkers, 2 rarely drinking individuals) and EtG was examined in hair.
EtG (~2 pg/mg) was only detected in the hair sample of a nondrinker using EBHD 60-70 times per working day.
Our data provide no evidence that frequent EBHD use results in hair EtG levels above the recommended Society of Hair Testing cutoff for repeated alcohol consumption (5 pg/mg).
由于 COVID-19 大流行增加了手部消毒剂的使用,我们研究了频繁使用基于乙醇的手部消毒剂(EBHD)对头发中酒精标志物乙基葡萄糖醛酸苷(EtG)水平的影响。
从 10 名健康专业人员(8 名不饮酒者,2 名偶尔饮酒者)采集头发样本,并检查头发中的 EtG。
仅在每天使用 EBHD 60-70 次的不饮酒者的头发样本中检测到 EtG(~2 pg/mg)。
我们的数据没有证据表明频繁使用 EBHD 会导致头发中的 EtG 水平超过推荐的用于重复饮酒的头发检测协会的截止值(5 pg/mg)。