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      FRECUENCIA DE ALERGIA AL LÁTEX EN TRABAJADORES DEL HOSPITAL MILITAR CENTRAL DE BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, EN EL AÑO 2005 Translated title: PREVALENCE OF LATEX ALLERGY IN 2005 AMONG WORKERS OF THE HOSPITAL MILITAR IN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA

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          La hipersensibilidad al látex es un problema médico que cada vez afecta más pacientes. Desde el punto de vista ocupacional, más de la mitad de los casos pertenecen al sector salud y como no tenemos conocimiento de estudios en Latinoamérica o en Colombia, consideramos importante determinar la frecuencia en nuestra población hospitalaria. El protocolo de investigación para este trabajo fue presentado y aprobado por la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Militar Nueva Granada y por el Comité de Ética del Hospital Militar Central. Se diseñó un formato de recolección de datos para encuestar 808 pacientes y previo consentimiento informado, se seleccionaron de manera aleatoria 205 pacientes a quienes se les realizó la prueba de pinchazo con alergeno de látex de ALK-ABELLO, usando como control positivo histamina y como negativo solución salina. De los 808 encuestados, el 61% refería síntomas cutáneos al contacto con guantes y el 31% síntomas respiratorios. El 55,5% tenía antecedentes personales de atopia, el 60% antecedente familiar y 4,95% síntomas a frutas tropicales. La prueba de pinchazo al látex fue positiva en el 1,5% de los trabajadores sanitarios, en el 1,6% de los trabajadores de quirófanos, en el 2,8% de los auxiliares de enfermería y en el 4,8% de las instrumentadoras. Todos los pacientes positivos a la prueba de pinchazo desarrollaron sintomatología con el uso de guantes, predominando xerodermia asociada a dermatitis irritativa. Este puede ser el primero de diferentes estudios a nivel nacional, con el objetivo de encontrar la frecuencia de esta alergia en nuestra población y evitar las complicaciones asociadas a su exposición

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          Latex allergy is a medical problem that increases every day and is increasingly affecting more patients. From the occupational health point of view, more than half of the reported cases correspond to health care professionals. Since there is no statistics reported in Colombia or Latin America we consider important to study the frequency of this condition. The researchers designed an investigation protocol approved by Ethical Committee. The researchers interviewed 808 patients, and 205 randomized patients had done by Prick Test with latex's allergen. The prick test was positive in 1,5% of healthy workers, 1,6% surgical techs, 2,8% scrub nurses and 4,8% surgical scrub techs. All of the patients with positive prick test developed symptoms with the use of gloves, particularly xerodermia. This is probably one of the first of different studies related to allergies that has been done in our country to prevent complications related to the exposure of latex

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          Incidence of immediate allergy to latex gloves in hospital personnel.

          Latex surgical gloves may cause contact urticaria and serious allergic reactions in sensitized persons, but the frequency of this allergy is not known. In the present study, 512 hospital employees were screened with a latex-glove scratch-chamber test; 23 (4.5%) were suspected and 15 (2.9%) were proven allergic with latex prick and use tests. All of them were doctors and nurses, and 12 had had contact urticaria but no serious symptoms. They could continue their routine work using cotton or vinyl undergloves or special latex surgical gloves. Atopy, hand eczema and surgical work seemed to be predisposing factors. In operating units, 7.4% of the doctors and 5.6% of the nurses were allergic; the frequency was lower in non-operating units and among laboratory personnel. The high frequency of latex glove allergy, especially in operating units, focuses attention on the quality of surgical latex gloves.
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            Latex allergy: epidemiological study of 1351 hospital workers.

            To determine the prevalence of latex sensitisation among a large group of healthcare workers, study the occupational and non-occupational factors associated with latex allergy, and characterise latex exposure in air and by gloves. All 2062 employees of a general hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada who regularly used latex gloves were invited to participate in a cross sectional survey, representing the baseline phase of a prospective cohort morbidity study. Attempts were made to recruit employees who were diagnosed with latex allergy before the survey. Glove extracts were assayed for antigenic protein, and area and personal air samples were obtained on two occasions (summer and winter) to estimate exposure to airborne latex protein. A questionnaire on medical and occupational information was administered by an interviewer. Skin prick tests were performed with latex reagents, three common inhalants, and six foods. The mean (SD) latex protein concentrations were 324 (227) micrograms/g in powdered surgical gloves and 198 (104) micrograms/g in powdered examination gloves. Personal latex aeroallergen concentrations ranged from 5 to 616 ng/m3. There was a total of 1351 (66%) participants. The prevalence of positive latex skin tests was 12.1% (95% confidence interval (95% CI) 10.3% to 13.9%). This prevalence did not vary by sex, age, hospital, or smoking status but subjects who were latex positive were significantly more likely to be atopic (P < 0.01). Participants who were latex positive were also significantly more likely to have positive skin tests to one or more foods (Mantel-Haenszel odds ratio (OR) adjusted for atopy 12.1, 95% CI 7.6 to 19.6, P < 10(-9)). Work related symptoms were more often reported among latex positive people, and included hives (OR 6.3, 95% CI 3.2 to 12.5), eye symptoms (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.2 to 2.8), and wheezy or whistling chest (OR 4.7, 95% CI 2.8 to 7.9). The prevalence of latex sensitivity was highest among laboratory workers (16.9%), and nurses and physicians (13.3%). When the glove consumption per healthcare worker for each department was grouped into tertiles, the prevalence of latex skin test positivity was greater in the higher tertiles of glove use for sterile (surgical) gloves (P < 0.005) but not for examination gloves. In this large, cross sectional study of healthcare workers, the prevalence of latex sensitisation was 12.1% (9.5% among all those eligible), and there were significant associations with atopy, positive skin tests to certain foods, work related symptoms, and departmental use of gloves per healthcare worker. This cohort is being followed up prospectively and will be retested to determine the incidence of development of latex sensitivity.
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              Prevalence of latex allergy in operating room nurses

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                Journal
                med
                Revista Med
                rev.fac.med
                Universidad Militar Nueva Granada. Facultad de Medicina (Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia )
                0121-5256
                1909-7700
                January 2007
                : 15
                : 1
                : 54-60
                Affiliations
                [03] Madrid orgnameInstituto de Salud Carlos III España
                [02] Bogotá orgnameHospital Militar Central de Bogotá orgdiv1Servicio de Dermatología
                [01] Bogotá orgnameHospital Militar Central de Bogotá orgdiv1Servicio de Dermatología Colombia
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                S0121-52562007000100007 S0121-5256(07)01500107
                13f9a0f0-5d72-4546-a6be-612836362ddd

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