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Nickel contact dermatitis in a blood bank
Author(s) -
Corres L. Fernández,
Garrastazu M. T.,
Soloeta R.,
Escayol P.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1982.tb04131.x
Subject(s) - local anaesthetic , nickel , contact dermatitis , dermis , medicine , anesthesia , jet (fluid) , surgery , dermatology , pathology , allergy , immunology , materials science , metallurgy , physics , thermodynamics
Twenty blood donors developed a dermatitis at the site of venesection within a few hours of giving blood. A local anaesthetic administered with a Dermo‐Jet had been used before extracting blood. In only 2 cases was sensitivity to the local anaesthetic found. In the others the reaction was caused by nickel released from the Dermo‐Jet. The quantity of nickel released is greater from the anaesthetic solution than from deionised water. It increases with the time that the anaesthetic remains in the Dermo‐Jet. The release of nickel is greater from a used Dermo‐Jet than from a new one. Histology revealed a lymphohistiocytic infiltrate at the level of the deep dermis.