ReviewOccupational and environmental medicine2006
Primary prevention of latex related sensitisation and occupational asthma: a systematic review.
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- Allergens causing occupational asthma: an evidence-based evaluation of the literature.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2014Review
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- Essential Occupational Safety and Health Interventions for Low- and Middle-income Countries: An Overview of the Evidence.Safety and health at work · 2013Article
- The management of work-related asthma guidelines: a broader perspective.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2012Review
- Primary prevention: exposure reduction, skin exposure and respiratory protection.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2012Review
- Occupation and three-year incidence of respiratory symptoms and lung function decline: the ARIC Study.Respiratory research · 2012Article
- The German experience 10 years after the latex allergy epidemic: need for further preventive measures in healthcare employees with latex allergy.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2010Article
- Asthma and rhinitis in the workplace.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2010Review
- Occupational asthma.Thorax · 2006Article
- Occupational Rhinitis Revisited: Emphasis on the Risk Factors in Saudi Industry.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesReview
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Abstract
methodsEight primary prevention intervention studies on natural rubber latex (NRL) published since 1990 were identified and reviewed. This is the largest evidence base of primary prevention studies for any occupational asthmagen.
resultsReview of this small and largely observational evidence base supports the following evidence statement: Substitution of powdered latex gloves with low protein powder-free NRL gloves or latex-free gloves greatly reduces NRL aeroallergens, NRL sensitisation, and NRL-asthma in healthcare workers. Evidence in support of this statement is ranked SIGN level 2+, referring to well conducted case-control or cohort studies with a low risk of confounding, bias, or chance and a moderate probability that the relationship is causal.
conclusionSubstitution of powdered latex gloves with low protein powder-free NRL gloves or latex-free gloves promises benefits to both workers' health and cost and human resource savings for employers. This message should be broadly disseminated beyond the hospital sector to include other healthcare settings (such as aged care facilities) as well as food service and other industries where latex gloves might be used.
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