Individual prevention courses for occupational skin diseases: changes in and relationships between proximal and distal outcomes.

Background: To treat people with occupational contact dermatitis, the German Accident Prevention and Insurance Association in the Health and Welfare Services offers 2-day individual prevention (IP) seminars.

Objectives: We investigated whether there are short-term and medium-term changes in proximal (e.g.

[Use of Reusable Textile Undergloves for Medical Procedures: A Feasibility Study].

Objective: Undergloves are a way to reduce moisture-related skin damage. The aim of this feasibility study was to gain experience with logistics, applicability, acceptability and cost of the routine use of reusable textile undergloves in a hospital setting.

Methods: Undergloves were tested with 18 health-care workers on an intensive care unit over three months.

The durability of examination gloves used on intensive care units.

Background: The use of examination gloves is part of the standard precautions to prevent medical staff from transmission of infectious agents between patients. Gloves also protect the staff from infectious agents originating from patients. Adequate protection, however, depends on intact gloves.

Occupational contact allergy caused by rubber gloves--nothing has changed.

Background: Allergic contact dermatitis caused by rubber gloves is not infrequent, and has almost exclusively been attributed to contact sensitization to accelerators. Thiurams have been the most frequent allergens, followed by dithiocarbamates.

Objectives: To describe the current allergen pattern in patients with occupational allergic contact dermatitis caused by rubber gloves.

Evidence of increased skin irritation after wet work: impact of water exposure and occlusion.

Background: Exposure to humid environments/water and prolonged glove occlusion are both believed to cause irritant contact dermatitis.

Objectives: To study the effects of different forms of wet work, especially the differences between water exposure and occlusion, by using an experimental model simulating occupational wet work.

Methods: The responses to water exposure and occlusion over multiple daily exposure periods for 7 days were compared in 73 volunteers.