[Prevention of formaldehyde-induced occupational dermatoses in health care personnel].

Abstract

Prevention of Occupational Dermatoses due to Formaldehyde in Employees of the Public Health System Occupational dermatoses lead all occupational diseases in employees of the Public Health and Social System in the district of Schwerin from 1977 to 1985. Disinfectants with formaldehyde which mainly produced allergic dermatoses were the main reasons. By substitution of formaldehyde as disinfectant and the accomplishing of contact-free technologies for cleaning purposes, occupational skin diseases in employees of the Public Health and Social System could obviously be reduced.

• Authors: H Müller, D Vollmer, L Winkel
• Journal: Dermatosen in Beruf und Umwelt. Occupation and environment (Derm Beruf Umwelt) 1990 Sep-Oct Vol. 38 Issue 5 Pg. 155-8 ISSN: 0343-2432 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Vermeidung Formaldehyd-bedingter Arbeitsdermatosen bei Mitarbeitern des Gesundheitswesens.
• PMID: 2286160 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Disinfectants
• Formaldehyde

Topics

• Dermatitis, Contact (prevention & control)
• Disinfectants
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Formaldehyde (adverse effects)
• Hand Dermatoses (chemically induced, prevention & control)
• Health Occupations
• Humans
• Maximum Allowable Concentration
• Occupational Diseases (chemically induced, prevention & control)
• Risk Factors