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Occupational Allergic Contact Dermatitis (occupational + allergic_contact_dermatitis)
Selected AbstractsEpoxy-based production of wind turbine rotor blades: occupational dermatosesCONTACT DERMATITIS, Issue 6 2004A. Pontén Occupational dermatoses were investigated in a factory producing rotor blades for wind turbines by an epoxy-based process. In a blinded study design, 603 workers were first interviewed and thereafter clinically examined. Based on a history of work-related skin disease, clinical findings of dermatitis, or both, 325 (53.9%) of the workers were patch tested with a specially profiled occupational patch-test series and the European standard patch-test series. Calculated on all investigated workers, 17.1% of the workers were diagnosed with occupational dermatoses caused by work. Occupational allergic contact dermatitis was found in 10.9% of the workers. The estimated frequency of irritant contact dermatitis caused by work was 6.1%. Dermatitis on the hands was associated with contact allergy to epoxy resin (P = 0.017). The number of days on leave before the clinical examination was negatively associated with the presence of dermatitis (P = 0.001). Among workers employed 7,12 months, the frequency of occupational contact allergy was higher than that among workers employed for ,6 months (P = 0.004). Females both washed their hands more often (P < 0.001) and used more moisturizers/protection creams at work (P < 0.001) than males. No sex differences were found concerning dermatitis on the hands. [source] Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from olive oil in pizza makingCONTACT DERMATITIS, Issue 2 2004G. A. E. Wong No abstract is available for this article. [source] Occupational allergic contact dermatitis due to thimerosalCONTACT DERMATITIS, Issue 6 2003Marta Kiec-Swierczynska No abstract is available for this article. [source] Occupational allergic contact dermatitis to cobalt octoate included as an accelerator in a polyester resinAUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, Issue 2 2006Namrata S Anavekar SUMMARY A 46-year-old woman, who worked as a laminator of spa baths, presented with hand dermatitis, which was suspected to be related to her occupation. Patch testing revealed strong reactions to both cobalt chloride and a polyester resin that the patient had been using at her workplace. She also reacted to latex and had been wearing cotton gloves underneath rubber gloves at work. It was later discovered that cobalt octoate (synonym: cobalt-2-ethylhexanoate), a compound not listed on the manufacturer's material safety data sheet, was included as an accelerator in the polyester resin. She was then tested to cobalt octoate, which was also strongly positive. Her successful treatment included protection of her hands at work with cotton lined PVC gloves. This case highlights the role of cobalt salts as sensitizers and their presence as accelerators used in polyester resins, and the importance of recognizing concomitant latex allergy that may complicate occupational dermatitis. It also illustrates the difficulties in relying on material safety data sheets to identify all possible allergens. [source] | ||||||||||