Primary |
Allmers |
2002 |
Germany |
HMW |
Plants |
Latex |
Health care workers in acute health care settings |
Occupational asthma |
Policy recommendation via scientific publication of proposed guidelines (1995), governmental and semi-governmental sponsored education (1997-1998), regulation stating use of only low-allergen, powder-free NRL gloves (1997) |
Researchers evaluated histories of 70 health care workers who received workers' compensation for OA caused by NRL. |
With a lag time of 2 years, there was a correlation between decline in purchase of powdered NRL gloves and decline in suspected NRL OA cases (p<0.01). |