ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2015
Cleaning products and short-term respiratory effects among female cleaners with asthma.
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- Employment Quality and Mental and Self-Reported Health Inequities among Latinx Housecleaners: The Safe and Just Cleaners Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Characterization of Exposure to Cleaning Agents Among Health Workers in Two Southern African Tertiary Hospitals.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
- Epithelial barrier hypothesis: Effect of the external exposome on the microbiome and epithelial barriers in allergic disease.Allergy · 2022Review
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Work-Related Asthma in Hospital Cleaning Workers.Turkish thoracic journal · 2022Article
- Health consequences of disinfection against SARS-CoV-2: Exploring oxidative stress damage using a biomonitoring approach.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Professional cleaning and risk of asthma - a Danish nationwide register-based study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022Article
- An adverse outcome pathway for lung surfactant function inhibition leading to decreased lung function.Current research in toxicology · 2021Article
- Increased long-term health risks attributable to select volatile organic compounds in residential indoor air in southeast Louisiana.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Work-Related Asthma Among Certified Nurse Aides in Texas.Workplace health & safety · 2020Article
- A Practical Approach to Severe Asthma in Children.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2018Review
- Health risks in the cleaning industry: a Belgian census-linked mortality study (1991-2011).International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2018Article
- Determinants of disinfectant use among nurses in U.S. healthcare facilities.American journal of industrial medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe evaluated the short-term effects of exposure to cleaning products on lung function and respiratory symptoms among professional cleaning women.
methodsTwenty-one women with current asthma and employed as professional cleaners participated in a 15-day panel study. During 312 person-days of data collection, participants self-reported their use of cleaning products and respiratory symptoms in daily diaries and recorded their forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and peak expiratory flow (PEF) three times per day using a handheld spirometer. We evaluated associations of cleaning product use with upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms using Poisson mixed regression models and with changes in FEV1 and PEF using linear mixed regression analyses.
resultsParticipants reported using an average of 2.4 cleaning products per day, with exposure to at least one strong irritant (eg, ammonia, bleach, hydrochloric acid) on 56% of person-days. Among participants without atopy, lower respiratory tract symptoms were associated with the use of hydrochloric acid and detergents. Measurements of FEV1 and PEF taken in the evening were 174 mL (95% CI 34 to 314) and 37 L/min (CI 4 to 70), respectively, lower on days when three or more sprays were used. Evening and next morning FEV1 were both lower following the use of hydrochloric acid (-616 and -526 mL, respectively) and solvents (-751 and -1059 mL, respectively). Diurnal variation in FEV1 and PEF increased on days when ammonia and lime-scale removers were used.
conclusionsThe use of specific cleaning products at work, mainly irritants and sprays, may exacerbate asthma.
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