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Dermatoses among poultry slaughterhouse workers
Author(s) -
Hayashi Masato,
Saitoh Megumi,
Fujii Nobuo,
Suzuki Yasuo,
Nishiyama Keitaro,
Asano Seiichiro,
Hayashi Hisashi
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700150512
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , occupational exposure , paronychia , dermatology , maceration (sewage) , veterinary medicine , toxicology , environmental health , physics , materials science , optics , composite material , biology
Abstract A survey on the incidence of occupational dermatoses among poultry slaughterhouse workers, who, in order to do their work more efficiently, protected their hands only with cotton gloves, revealed that many workers had dermatoses of the hands. Their symptoms included maceration, erosio interdigitalis, paronychia, trichophytia unguium, and eczema, presumably caused by the constant wetness of their hands during work. Candida albicans was detected in the ungual lesions of some patients. A second survey including a skin examination was performed at a plant where preventive measures such as better working gloves and improved sanitary conditions had been implemented because of the high incidence of skin disorders. The results of this survey showed marked improvement in the reduction of the incidence of dermatoses.