Atopik ve non-atopik hastane personelinde lateks duyarlılığı

Doğal lateks duyarlılığı, önemi giderek artan ve özellikle sağlık sektöründe çalışanlarda belirgin morbidite nedeni olan bir sağlık sorunudur. Son yıllarda enfeksiyonla mücadelede lateks eldivenlerin kullanımının özendirilmesi, latekse duyarlanmada artışın temel nedenidir. Ayrıca atopik yapıya sahip olmanın da sensitivite geliştirme riskini arttırdığına yönelik veriler mevcuttur. Bu bilgiden yola çıkarak atopik ve non-atopik, sık eldiven kullanılan bölümlerde görev yapan hastanemiz personelinde, latekse deri testi reaktivitesi oranını ve bunun kliniğe yansımasını belirlemeyi hedefledik. Hastane personeli olmayan ve alerji nedeniyle kliniğimizce takip edilen olguları da çalışmaya dahil ederek, atopinin lateks duyarlanması üzerine etkilerini araştırdık. Çalışmaya dahi edilen üç grup arasında lateks duyarlılığı geliştirme açısından anlamlı fark saptamadık. Ancak tüm gruplarda lateks duyarlılık oranlarını genel populasyon verilerinin üzerinde bulduk. Bu çalışma sonuçlarına göre lateksle sürekli temas edilmesi, lateks duyarlılığı geliştirmede atopiden bağımsız bir risk faktörü olarak görülmektedir.

Latex sensitivity in atopic and non-atopic hospital employees

Natural rubber latex has become an important health problem particularly among hospital employees. In recent years the increase of latex glove use in health care workers for protection against life threatening infections has become the major reason of being sensitized. The investigators advocate that atopy is an important risk factor for latex sensitization. Based on these data we. planned to determine latex prick reactivity frequency and it's relation to clinical symptoms in atopic or non-atopic hospital personnel working in departments in which latex glove use frequency is very high. We also enrolled the atopic and non-glove use patients being fallowed by our allergy department to investigate the effect of atopy on latex prick reactivity. We didn' t find significant difference between these groups related to latex sensitization but our latex sensitization ratios were higher than those reported for general population. This study shows that persistent contact with latex products is an important risk factor as being atopic in terms of developing latex sensitization.

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  • ISSN: 1016-9113
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 1962
  • Yayıncı: Ersin HACIOĞLU
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