@article{ref1,
title="Safe use and storage of cleaners, disinfectants, and hand sanitizers: knowledge, attitudes, and practices among U.S. adults during the CoViD-19 pandemic, May 2020",
journal="American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene",
year="2020",
author="Gharpure, Radhika and Miller, Gabrielle F. and Hunter, Candis M. and Schnall, Amy H. and Kunz, Jasen and Garcia-Williams, Amanda G.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Cleaning and disinfection of frequently touched surfaces and frequent hand hygiene are recommended measures to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that  causes COVID-19. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, poison center calls  regarding exposures to cleaners, disinfectants, and hand sanitizers have increased  as compared with prior years, indicating a need to evaluate household safety  precautions. An opt-in Internet panel survey of 502 U.S. adults was conducted in May  2020. Survey items evaluated knowledge regarding use and storage of cleaners,  disinfectants, and hand sanitizers; attitudes about household cleaning and  disinfection; and safety precautions practiced during the prior month. We assigned a  knowledge score to each respondent to quantify knowledge of safety precautions and  calculated median scores by demographic characteristics and attitudes. We identified  gaps in knowledge regarding safe use and storage of cleaners, disinfectants, and  hand sanitizers; the overall median knowledge score was 5.17 (95% CI: 4.85-5.50;  maximum 9.00). Knowledge scores were lower among younger than older age-groups and  among black non-Hispanic and Hispanic respondents compared with white non-Hispanic  respondents. A greater proportion of respondents expressed knowledge of safety  precautions than the proportion who engaged in these precautions. Tailored  communication strategies should be used to reach populations with lower knowledge of  cleaning and disinfection safety. In addition, as knowledge alone did not shape  individual engagement in safety precautions, health promotion campaigns may  specifically emphasize the health risks of unsafe use and storage of cleaners,  disinfectants, and hand sanitizers to address risk perception.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9637",
doi="10.4269/ajtmh.20-1119",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1119"
}