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Expert: don't spray alcohol on clothes. Alcohol concentration up to 3% is easy to cause fire

what should the public pay attention to when using medical alcohol for disinfection? At the press conference on epidemic prevention and control in Hubei Province this evening (February 8), Yao Xuan, director of the elimination Department of the Institute of infectious disease prevention and control of Hubei CDC, made a detailed explanation.

Yao Xuan explained that the effective component of medical alcohol is ethanol, which belongs to class a fire dangerous goods. If the concentration of ethanol in the air reaches 3%, it is easy to cause fire, so pay great attention to it when using it.

When used as a daily disinfectant, special attention should be paid to the following aspects: medical alcohol should not be used for disinfection sprayed on the surface of environmental objects in a large area, such as corridors, conference rooms and large offices. It is not recommended to use alcohol for spraying disinfection.

It is not recommended to spray alcohol on clothes, because ordinary chemical fiber clothes are easy to generate static electricity during wearing, and these static electricity are also easy to cause danger when spraying alcohol.

At the same time, alcohol should be stored carefully, be sure to stay away from the fire source, and pay attention to store it in a place that can not be easily touched by children.

She also warned that medical alcohol should be ventilated and away from high-temperature objects and open flames. Do not cook, smoke, use electric mosquito repellent incense, use electric mosquito rackets, etc. immediately after using high concentration alcohol; Before using medical alcohol, it is necessary to clean the surrounding inflammables and combustibles. When disinfecting the electrical surface and stove, it is necessary to turn off the switch and fire source. It is also necessary to ensure that the spraying disinfection is carried out after the temperature of the electrical appliance and stove cools down, so as to avoid the burning of alcohol under high temperature.