Drinker survives hand sanitiser binge

[mickstv]

A MAN who drank six bottles of hand sanitiser while being treated in hospital for alcoholism has sparked calls for the antibacterial gels to be better secured.

Doctors at The Alfred hospital were stunned when they discovered the man had downed six bottles of hand sanitiser, giving him a blood alcohol reading of 0.271 per cent, or the equivalent of drinking about 20 stubbies of beer.

The 45-year-old had been undergoing treatment for alcohol-related gastritis when he drank the 375ml bottles of sanitiser, which have an ethanol content of 66 per cent and are routinely used by medical staff to prevent infections spreading between patients.

Dr Michael Oldmeadow, a consultant physician at the hospital, said the man had been lucky to survive.

He said although the incident was not the first of its kind, it was the most serious case he had seen and highlighted the need for hand sanitiser bottles in hospitals to be bolted to ward walls so they could only be refilled but never removed.

"We have these bottles all over the wards and they are used constantly,'' Dr Oldmeadow said.

"We need to have it because infection control in hospitals is critical and you can't have doctors and staff walking in and out of patients' rooms without protecting against the transfer of bugs.

"What we want to achieve is to bolt a container to the wall so it can only be refilled but can't be removed from the wall.''

Hand sanitiser bottles are commonly held in wire baskets attached to hospital walls and can easily be removed.

In a letter published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Oldmeadow and three of his colleagues said at least one hospital in the US had introduced non-removable dispensers in all its wards.

"Experience at our institution over the past six months suggests that consumption of alcohol-based hand sanitisers by inpatients may be an increasing problem in Australian settings - we are aware of a further three patients who have consumed these products while at our institution,'' they wrote.

In the case of The Alfred patient, nurses discovered the near-empty sanitiser bottles while cleaning his bed.

He had been admitted to hospital three days earlier and suddenly became drowsy for no apparent reason.

The man admitted to drinking the sanitiser and agreed to undergo a breath test.

"It's obviously an uncomfortable time for a withdrawing alcoholic but he managed to find a way around it,'' Dr Oldmeadow said.

"But it surprised us that he drank this stuff. It's horrendous. You'd think it would taste pretty bad.''

I wonder what this dude was thinking, sh!t no booze to drink I wonder what this stuff does.



Mick

[Rick]

Full detox LOL

[beer4life]

I wonder what this dude was thinking, sh!t no booze to drink I wonder what this stuff does.
Mick

I'm gunna find out on my next visit.

[Reschs]

I do a lot of service work in hospitals and have to use the handwash constantly.
I like, make that love, my beer however that stuff is definately not on my list of replacements.

[xnavyman]

I drank some weird stuff in the Navy, brasso, strained through bread, aftershave, Old Spice was the best, potato wine brewed down the steering gear compartment, so powerful, it ate the bottom out of the shit bin.

Ahhhhh, memories & they make me want to upchuck.

[DND]

Best smelling alco around, Wonder how he'd with the RBT

[DJmatt]

Most hand sanitizers contain Iospropyl Alcohol not Ethyl Alcohol haybe thats why he got around the Breath Test.

[Gerbertron]

He must have an iron stomach, the stuff smells like the ink in permanent markers.

I wonder if he was crapping out the cleaning swabs for needles too.

[cobra679]

He must have an iron stomach, the stuff smells like the ink in permanent markers.

I wonder if he was crapping out the cleaning swabs for needles too.

Yeah.. His shit would be like jelly.

[Godzilla]

There are people out their that are into Scat (the eating of shit)

I dont see a call to better secure toilets.

[cobra679]

Are you one of those people, Godzilla?

There are people out their that are into Scat (the eating of shit)

I dont see a call to better secure toilets.

[ozchips]

I had this gf when I was younger and she downed a big bottle of Brut33 in no time flash, lucky she put out otherwise I might have dumped her in disgust (not sharing how could she??). At the time I did think it was a champion effort though

[Godzilla]

I had this gf when I was younger lucky she put out otherwise I might have dumped her in disgust

Isnt that always the case?

[Fernbay]

Maybe he had some ice, maybe some softdrink

Even so, still a hell of a prison brew

I dare him to do the strop hangover cure

[Aral]

I had this gf when I was younger and she downed a big bottle of Brut33 in no time flash, lucky she put out otherwise I might have dumped her in disgust (not sharing how could she??). At the time I did think it was a champion effort though

Susan hey Chippy....hahahahahahha

[DJmatt]

I had this gf when I was younger and she downed a big bottle of Brut33 in no time flash, lucky she put out otherwise I might have dumped her in disgust (not sharing how could she??). At the time I did think it was a champion effort though

well atleast you wouldn't be able to complain about her bad breath! did her farts smell like brut?

[DJmatt]

the next thing you will hear is people spraying the contents of glen20 into a glass and drinking it as it is about 70% Ethyl Alcohol (same as in Alcoholic drinks if you didn't know). when I was in hospital a couple of days ago every bathroom had a can of it in there. they will have to start locking that up next

[mickstv]

Hmmmm this thread has got a bit off the rails..................Sh!t happens.

I must have missed some interesting stuff whilst I was gone.

As long as the binge drinker in the in the story at the start of the thread had fun doing it. Thats all that matters.



Mick

[DJmatt]

anything is worth a try once. LOL but I cant imagine how bad the hand sanitser tasted! I would not be able to take one mouthfull let alone 6 bottles. I am surprised they dont have alcohol free hand sanitiser. maybe it doesn't work as well.

[xnavyman]

The alcohol free version would need water to wash it off. The alcohol version just evaporates.