Missed opportunities in methanol poisoning: a qualitative exploration of the socio-material practices of health professionals responding to acute methanol poisoning in Bangladesh
Janet E Perkins, Jane Brandt Sørensen, Md Shafiqul Islam, Knut Erik Hovda, Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, Aniruddha Ghose, Abu Shahin Mohammed Mahbubur Rahman, Michael Eddleston, Alice Street
BMJ Open
24th April, 2026
Socio-material practices of health professionals in response to methanol poisoning in Bangladesh are characterised by missed opportunities. Improving responses requires shifting the meanings of methanol poisoning as a diagnostic category, ensuring that materials such as treatment guidelines and appropriate antidotes, such as ethanol and fomepizole, are available and supporting providers to enact care practices that reflect these guidelines.