Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Primary
Author	Liss
Study Year	2001
Country	Canada
Molecular Weight of Agent	HMW
Category	Plants
Agent	Latex
Occupation	Health care workers in general population
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	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.
Participation Rate	Researchers obtained claims (n=60) for OA that were allowed by the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Intervention Effectiveness	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.