Glove‐related hand urticaria caused by disposable gloves in healthcare workers

Many factors may contribute to hand dermatitis in healthcare workers who wear disposable gloves. We present a case series of nurses who presented with pruritic hands occurring within minutes of wearing non-powdered disposable gloves, both latex and nitrile. This was thought to be an immediate localized urticaria occurring in a group of dermographic patients. This phenomenon affecting the hands has previously been described just twice in the literature (1, 2). We propose that this phenomenon is both under-recognized and under-diagnosed, and should be considered as a differential diagnosis of hand dermatitis occurring in those wearing disposable gloves