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Recent Patents on Inflammation & Allergy Drug Discovery

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ISSN (Print): 1872-213X
ISSN (Online): 2212-2710

Occupational Allergy in Healthcare Workers

Author(s): Neila Chaari, Amina Sakly, Charfeddine Amri, Awatef Mahfoudh, Mohamed A. Henchi, Taoufik Khalfallh, Nouri Bchir and Mohamed Akrout

Volume 4, Issue 1, 2010

Page: [65 - 74] Pages: 10

DOI: 10.2174/187221310789895630

Price: $65

Abstract

Occupational healthcare may expose to various allergens and irritants. Thus, the allergic manifestations in nursing staff are frequent and their prevalence is increasing all over the world. In fact, many new substances continuously appear in the medical practices. These allergic manifestations include a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms such as ocular, nasal and especially bronchial symptoms, which can be isolated or associated. These diseases can be a source of many problems related to the occupational aptitude. All these conditions justify prevention procedure strengthening, which mainly consist in substituting the sensitizing agents, and applying collective and individual prevention measures. This article also refers to some patents on the treatment of allergy.

Keywords: Allergy, occupational, healthcare, dermatitis, asthma


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