TY - JOUR
T1 - Contact Allergy in Danish Healthcare Workers
T2 - A Retrospective Matched Case-control Study
AU - Ferløv Schwensen, Jakob
AU - Menné, Torkil
AU - Sommerlund, Mette
AU - Andersen, Klaus E
AU - Mortz, Charlotte G
AU - Zachariae, Claus
AU - Johansen, Jeanne D
PY - 2015/8/10
Y1 - 2015/8/10
N2 - Contact dermatitis in healthcare workers is a world wide problem. We conducted a retrospective observational study of the patch-test results of 1402 healthcare workers and 1402 matched controls with contact dermatitis who were treated at 3 hospitals departments in Denmark between 2007 and 2014. The primary objective was to determine whether healthcare work was associated with contact allergy to thiuram mix. Unadjusted univariate analyses revealed that healthcare work was significantly associated with occupational contact dermatitis and hand dermatitis. Contact allergy to thiuram mix was more common in healthcare workers was significantly associated with having occupational contact dermatitis, hand dermatitis and older age. In conclusion, we report here a potential problem of contact allergy to thiurams in healthcare workers with contact dermatitis. Legislative authorities may in the future focus on the use of rubber accelerators in, for example, protective gloves, which are widely used by healthcare professionals.
AB - Contact dermatitis in healthcare workers is a world wide problem. We conducted a retrospective observational study of the patch-test results of 1402 healthcare workers and 1402 matched controls with contact dermatitis who were treated at 3 hospitals departments in Denmark between 2007 and 2014. The primary objective was to determine whether healthcare work was associated with contact allergy to thiuram mix. Unadjusted univariate analyses revealed that healthcare work was significantly associated with occupational contact dermatitis and hand dermatitis. Contact allergy to thiuram mix was more common in healthcare workers was significantly associated with having occupational contact dermatitis, hand dermatitis and older age. In conclusion, we report here a potential problem of contact allergy to thiurams in healthcare workers with contact dermatitis. Legislative authorities may in the future focus on the use of rubber accelerators in, for example, protective gloves, which are widely used by healthcare professionals.
U2 - 10.2340/00015555-2202
DO - 10.2340/00015555-2202
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26259136
SN - 0001-5555
JO - Acta Dermatovenereologica
JF - Acta Dermatovenereologica
ER -