Valley doctors reporting more poisonings connected to hand sanitizer At least 20 Arizonans have died from ingesting hand sanitizer with methanol in it. The FDA has issued a recall on those products. Author: Michael Doudna Updated: 10:33 PM MST March 15, 2021 PHOENIX — Hand sanitizer is supposed to keep you safe from germs and keep you healthy -- not put you in the hospital. But the Banner Poison Center said it has seen a 140% spike in hand sanitizer incidents -- around 100 hospitalizations and more than 20 deaths. “Daily, I mean daily, we get exposures to this,” Maureen Roland, managing director of the Banner Poison and Drug Information Center, said.