Primary |
Liss |
2001 |
Canada |
HMW |
Plants |
Latex |
Health care workers in general population |
Occupational asthma |
Accommodation of sensitized workers (1985), education (1994), voluntary medical surveillance (1994), instituted glove changes (1995, 1997) Medical surveillance consisted of skin prick test and questionnaire. |
Researchers obtained claims (n=60) for OA that were allowed by the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board |
According to year of "accident", claims allowed for OA due to NRL in health care workers increased from 7 in 1993 to 11 in 1994. The number of claims subsequently fell to 3 in 1995, 3 in 1996, 2 in 1997, 2 in 1998, and 1 in 1999. The distribution of claims according to year of claim set-up was similar, but the curve was shifted slightly towards the right, with more cases in the final years. |