A Preliminary Report of the Occupation of Patients Evaluated in Patch Test Clinics

Contact dermatitis of the hands: Cross-sectional analyses of North American Contact Dermatitis Group Data, 1994-2004

“…In another report of 2889 patients referred for patch testing, 29% had occupational dermatitis; 54% of cases with occupational dermatitis were determined to be primarily allergic in nature, whereas 32% were primarily irritant. 45 In that study, nursing was most commonly associated with ACD; thiuram, carbamates, epoxy, and ethylenediamine were most strongly associated with occupational exposure. 45 While antigen exposure influences sensitization, other factors may affect the development of hand contact dermatitis in occupational settings.…”

“…45 In that study, nursing was most commonly associated with ACD; thiuram, carbamates, epoxy, and ethylenediamine were most strongly associated with occupational exposure. 45 While antigen exposure influences sensitization, other factors may affect the development of hand contact dermatitis in occupational settings. Contact dermatitis may have concurrent allergic and irritant components.…”

Occupational Contact Dermatitis

“…These findings are similar to other reports. 13,19,20 Health care professionals, machinists, and construction workers accounted for roughly one half of the 537 patients evaluated for occupational skin disease in 1 study, with house cleaners, food handlers, and janitors also being common. 19 Another study of 2889 patients suspected of suffering from contact dermatitis identified similar professions at high risk for occupational skin disease: nurses, assemblers, nurse's aides, machinists, hairdressers, and auto mechanics.…”

“…19 Another study of 2889 patients suspected of suffering from contact dermatitis identified similar professions at high risk for occupational skin disease: nurses, assemblers, nurse's aides, machinists, hairdressers, and auto mechanics. 20 Machinists, mechanics, painters, and metalprocessing workers were the most common professions evaluated for occupational dermatitis in a cohort of blue collar workers. 13 Blue collar work seems to be a risk factor for the development of ICD and ACD, likely because of employees' exposure to irritants and allergens in their respective labor.…”

Occupational relevance of positive standard patch-test results in employed persons with an initial report of an occupational skin disease

“…According to reports from occupational health clinic populations [62,66,102], in a former study one of the authors (H.D.) found epoxy resin sensitization in the group of patients with suspicion of an OSD [23].…”