statement of the problem dental gloves are worn to protect dental care providers from contamination during contact with mucus membranes, blood and saliva. the prevalence of latex allergy has progressively increased due to the widespread use of protective disposable wears, especially latex gloves, among health care workers (hcw) in the past decade. the prevalence of latex allergy among hcw of ir...

Standard infection-prevention and control procedures must be in place during all healthcare contacts, regardless of whether a patient is known to contagious or not, stop the transmission infection. As with items personal protective equipment, need for gloves subject careful risk assessment task carried. Having decided that should used, choice between sterile non-sterile made depending on tasks ...

Disinfectants may cause adverse effects directly on the skin or systemically by permeating through the skin. In this study breakthrough times were measured for surgical gloves with chemicals which are commonly used in healthcare. Classical methods of analytical chemistry were tailored for the permeation tests, which were carried out according to the European standard EN 374 and the American sta...

Dent disease is an X-linked tubulopathy, characterized by low molecular weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis and nephrolithiasis that may progress to advanced renal failure [1,2]. During the last decade, loss-of-function mutations of the CLCN5 gene, which is located in chromosome Xp11.22 and encodes the renal chloride/proton antiporter ClC-5, have been consistently reported in p...

BACKGROUND Latex allergy continues to be an increasingly serious occupational health problem in Taiwan, where it affects approximately 6.8% to 12% of health care workers. Contrasting with reports from western countries, Hev b 1 and hevamine, and not Hev b 3, 5 or 6.02, are the major latex allergens among health care workers in Taiwan. This study aimed at evaluating the allergenicity of 30 brand...