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Archives   2021

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   33,  Number   1

TITLE:   Occupational Contact Dermatitis among Health Care Workers in Yangon General Hospital
AUTHOR:   Khine Khine Zaw, Thurein Htun, Thu Wai Hlaing & Wai Wai Phyo Kyaw
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal
ABSTRACT:  

Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of developing occupational contact dermatitis (OCD) because they are daily exposed to various irritants and allergens in their workplace, but the extent of the problem varies between countries and regions. This study was carried out on HCWs at Yangon General Hosptial (YGH) from October 2017 to September 2018. A cross-sectional hospital-based descriptive study was designed to assess the prevalence, demographic characteristic, risk factors, clinical patterns, responsible irritants and allergens for development of OCD in HCWs. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all health care workers (except administrative officers and staff) in YGH and each subject who returned a positive response to this questionnaire was asked for examination and patch testing with 20 allergens and additionally with their own contactants appropriately diluted. The total study population was 548 HCWs and the overall prevalence of occupational contact dermatitis in this study was 30.5% (167/548). A total of 82 participants underwent patch testing. Final diagnoses of the HCWs with OCD were allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) 51.2%, irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) 36.7% and contact urticaria 12.1%.