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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2006; 34 (6)

Allergic contact dermatitis from disinfectants in the alimentary industry

Cardoso R, Robalo CM, Gonçalo M, Figueiredo A

Language: Portugués
References: 10
Page: 294-297
PDF size: 220.91 Kb.


Text Extraction

The authors report a case of allergic contact dermatitis in the alimentary industry due to contact with disinfectants containing glutaraldehyde andchloroxylenol. In our study, testing these allergens over fragments of different types of gloves, showed that only nitrile latex gloves conferred protec-tion against chloroxylenol and a partial protection against glutaraldehyde.
The authors stress the importance of testing these disinfectants in the alimentary industry where care about bacterial contamination needs to betaken care of.


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