Guidance

Isopropanol: general information and incident management

Information on isopropanol for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 24 May 2011
• Last updated: 3 March 2025
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  1. 3 March 2025

     The content of the Incident Management document has been updated. The General Information page has undergone a HTML format update – the content within this page has remained unchanged.

  2. 16 May 2017

     Added general information.

  3. 8 November 2016

     Updated incident management document.

  4. 22 January 2016

     Updated incident management guidance.

  5. 24 May 2011

     First published.

Documents

Isopropanol: incident management

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These documents provide information on the health effects of exposure, and material for responding to a chemical incident.

Isopropanol is also known as isopropyl alcohol and propan-2-ol.

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