LATEX SENSITIVITY IN ATOPIC AND NON - ATOPIC HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES

Volume: 43 Number: 1 March 1, 2004
  • Ömür Ardeniz
  • Nihal Mete
  • Aytül Sin
  • Ali Kokuludağ
  • Filiz Sebik
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LATEX SENSITIVITY IN ATOPIC AND NON - ATOPIC HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES

Abstract

Natural rubber latex has become an important health problem particularly among hospital employees. In recent years the increase of latex glove use in health care workers for protection against life threatening infections has become the major reason of being sensitized. The investigators advocate that atopy is an important risk factor for latex sensitization. Based on these data we planned to determine latex prick reactivity frequency and it's relation to clinical symptoms in atopic or non-atopic hospital personnel working in departments in which latex glove use frequency is very high. We also enrolled the atopic and non-glove use patients being fallowed by our allergy department to investigate the effect of atopy on latex prick reactivity. We didn' t find significant difference between these groups related to latex sensitization but our latex sensitization ratios were higher than those reported for general population. This study shows that persistent contact with latex products is an important risk factor as being atopic in terms of developing latex sensitization.

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Ömür Ardeniz

Nihal Mete

Aytül Sin

Ali Kokuludağ

Filiz Sebik

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March 1, 2004

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March 1, 2004

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Year 1970 Volume: 43 Number: 1

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1.Ömür Ardeniz, Nihal Mete, Aytül Sin, Ali Kokuludağ, Filiz Sebik. ATOPİK VE NON - ATOPİK HASTANE PERSONELİNDE LATEKS DUYARLILIĞI. EJM [Internet]. 2004 Mar. 1;43(1):1-7. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA59SY55SZ

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