RE: Alcohol hand sanatizer

[Holly McGran]

I concur - make sure you contact your state. We installed dispensers in all of our hallways in response to the CDC recommendation and Joint Commission. Soon after the state of CT put out a directive that they could not be placed in any egress areas - we had to take them all down.

Holly McGran MSN RN

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Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:11 PM
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Subject: Re: Alcohol hand sanatizer

The issue is with the alcohol based product being near open flames. According to our fire marshal, there has been no federal or Maryland State guideline prohibiting the use of the product.  I have seen some comments on this site that placing dispensers in the hallways in some states is prohibited. I would contact your fire marshall for guidance. Before we installed our dispensers, I contacted the fire marshall and our Office of HealthCare Quality to be sure.