glutaraldehyde is commonly used in endoscopy labs to clean and disinfect instruments. it can cause direct irritation of the skin and the upper and lower airways. health care workers are also at risk for the development of irritant-induced or sensitizer-induced occupational asthma when exposed to this chemical. herein, we report on a patient who had frequent exposures to glutaraldehyde over one ...

BACKGROUND The Negative Life Events Scale (NLES) has been included in nationally representative surveys of the Indigenous and Australian population since 2002 as a measure of exposure to a range of 'life stressors'. There has been limited reporting or analysis of estimates of the NLES from these surveys. This paper reports changes in exposure to stressors from 2002 to 2008 for the Indigenous po...