Hand hygiene causes eye injury, disturbing increase in cases

Hand hygiene is an important way to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and when water and soap are not available, alcohol - based hand cleaning is a good way to replace it.

Hand hygienes are now everywhere in shopping centers, schools, jobs to make it easier for people to disinfect their hands. However, one result, recorded in France, has been a damage to the eyes of children who have accidentally contacted disinfectant eyes.

There were seven times as many cases among children with eye exposure to dangerous chemicals in hand cleaning between April 1st and August 24, 2020, compared to the same period a year ago, according to data from the French Helm Control Center.

During the same period, 16 children were introduced to a pediatric hospital of ophthalmology in Paris because their eyes had come into contact with hygienics, compared with just one boy in 2019. Two serious cases required surgery to transplant tissue into their choirs.

Hospital cases were all in children under the age of 4, and French researchers said that the reason for this may be that the gel distribution boxes are usually three feet [1 m] high. This is the level of waist for most adults, but it is the level of view for young children.

According to the study, the child's greatest risk could come from publicly installed distributors. In 2020, 63 cases of exposure occurred in a public place, while no one was reported in 2019.

Many hand hygienizers have a high concentration of ethanol, which can kill cells in the crust.

Colby said parents should make sure that their child's eyes are quickly examined by a professional doctor if they are exposed to hygienistics. Early treatment that will likely reduce the long - term effects of early chemical damage.