Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Primary
Author	Fujita
Study Year	2007
Country	Japan
Molecular Weight of Agent	LMW
Category	Other Chemicals
Agent	Ortho-phthalaldehyde
Occupation	Health care workers in an endoscopy unit.
Outcome/Diagnosis	Bronchial asthma and contact dermatitis.
Activity Intervention	Dipping work was stopped. Personal protector was given to each health care worker. Make improvement of local ventilation for auto-washers. Health education was provided to health care workers
Participation Rate	Researchers evaluated 70 health care workers in 2004. One year later, they examined 83 workers in the same work place.
Intervention Effectiveness	Prevalence of symptoms was significantly declined from 24 % to 2.4 %. Contact dermatitis dropped from 4 workers to 0.