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題 名 | Latex Allergy in Hospital Employees=醫護從業人員對橡膠過敏之研究 |
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作 者 | 賴建丞; 顏大欽; 余約瑟; 周正成; 江伯倫; 謝貴雄; | 書刊名 | 臺灣醫學會雜誌 |
卷 期 | 96:4 1997.04[民86.04] |
頁 次 | 頁266-271 |
分類號 | 415.96 |
關鍵詞 | 醫護從業人員; 橡膠過敏; Latex; Allergy; IgE; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of latex-allergy in hospital personnel and the presence of latex-specific IgE in a latexallergic group in Taiwan. A total of 1,021 hospital employees were initially screened for latex allergy with a questionnaire, which included sex, age, job categories, number of years of employment, daily working hours, frequency of latex glove wearing, symptoms of immediate reactions to latex gloves and history of previous atopic disease. Among them, 70 hospital employees (6.8%;95% confidence interval 1.9%-11.8%) had symptoms associated with glove wearing. The frequencies in different job categories were 28.3% of surgical nurses, 9.2% of surgeons, 5.8% of regular floor nurses, 5.2% of technicians, 4.6% of physicians, and 4.5% of laboratory researchers. The symptoms were significantly related to the frequency of latex glove exposure, surgical work, current hand eczema and history of atopic dermatitis. In contrast, the number of years of employment, daily working hours and previous history of hand eczema were not correlated with the symptoms of latex allergy. Latex-specific IgE was assayed by the dot blot method in 36 hospital employees of the latex allergic group (positive rate, 55.6%). We concluded that the prevalence of latex-allergy among hospital personnel was 6.9% and certain predisposing factors such as atopic dermatitis, current hand eczema and surgical work may play a critical role in triggering and aggravating the symptoms. |
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