[blparent] hand sanitizer not good for kids

Wed Mar 4 15:49:59 UTC 2009

There are sanitizing wipes that are better for kids.  I run the nursery at our church, and we had a donation of several bottles of liquid sanitizer.  I keep it up high near the check in counter for parents and volunteers to use, but there is a note on it that it is for adult use only.  For the kids we use sanitizing wipes, if they are not old enough to stand on the stool and wash their hands at the sink.  I also keep sanitizing wipes in my diaper bag for when we eat at restaurants and things.
Leanne
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Baldwin 
  To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 9:46 AM
  Subject: Re: [blparent] hand sanitizer not good for kids

  Surprisingly, this one is true, although the facts might be a little off.
  Anyone with an 85% BAC would be dead, adult or otherwise.  But if the
  product is used like it is supposed to be, there is no harm to parents or
  children.  The bottle does state to keep out of reach of kids.  And studies
  have shown using the hand sanitizer leads to less sickness and such then
  just plane old hand washing.
  So, in my opinion, it is common sense really, don't let your kid get it, and
  when you put it on their hands, help them rub it in so they are not tempted
  to lick it.  

  Michael Baldwin
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
  Behalf Of The BlindTechs Network
  Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:28 AM
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  Cress; julee mullen; Arlene Owens; Ana Zambrano; Jeanie ONeil; Mo Melton;
  Ashley Adams; betty wade; Amy Hackathorn
  Subject: Re: [blparent] hand sanitizer not good for kids

  *sigh* Are? You? Serious?

  :P :D
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  On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:38 PM, Eva Adams wrote:

  This story was verified at:
  http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp

  Yesterday, my youngest daughter, Halle , who is 4, was rushed
  to the emergency room by her father for being severely lethargic and   
  incoherent. He was called to her school by the school secretary for   
  being 'very VERY sick.'

  He told me that when he arrived, Halle was barely sitting in
  the chair. She couldn't hold her own head up and when he looked into   
  her eyes, she couldn't focus them.
  He immediately scooped her up and rushed her to the ER, and then called me.
  When we got there, they ran blood test after blood test and  
  did x-rays, every test imaginable. Her white blood cell count was   
  normal, nothing was out of the ordinary. The ER doctor told us that he  had
  done everything that he could do so he was sending her to  
  Saint  Francis for further tests.   Right when we were leaving in the  
  ambulance, her teacher came to the ER and, after questioning Halle's
  classmates, we found out that  she had licked hand sanitizer off her hand.

  Hand sanitizer, of all things. But it makes sense. These days they have all
  kinds of different  scents and when you have a curious child, they are going
  to put all  kinds of things into their mouths.

  When we arrived at Saint Francis, we told the ER doctor there to check her
  blood alcohol level, and yes we did get weird looks, but  they did  
  it. The results showed her blood alcohol level was 85% --   six hours  
  after we first took her. There's no telling what it would  have been if we
  would have requested it at the first ER. Since then, her school and a few
  surrounding schools have taken this out of the classrooms of all the lower
  grade classes, but  what's to stop middle and high school kids from
  ingesting the stuff?

  After doing research on the Internet, we have found out that it only takes 3
  squirts of the stuff to be fatal in a toddler. For her blood alcohol level
  to be so high was to compare someone her  size to drinking something 120
  proof. So please PLEASE don't disregard  this because I don't ever want
  anyone else to go through what my  family and I have gone through. Please
  send this to everyone you know who has children or are going to be having
  children. It doesn't matter what age.
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