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Increased prevalence of irritant hand eczema in health care workers in a dermatological clinic due to increased hygiene measures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene measures in the general population and in health care workers have increased considerably since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence and symptoms of hand eczema, as well as hygiene measures and concepts of care, in German health ca...

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Autores principales: Reinholz, Markus, Kendziora, Benjamin, Frey, Surina, Oppel, Eva Maria, Ruëff, Franziska, Clanner-Engelshofen, Benjamin Maximilian, Heppt, Markus V., French, Lars Einar, Wollenberg, Andreas
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Publicado: John Libbey Eurotext 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8354833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34309523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2021.4046
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author Reinholz, Markus
Kendziora, Benjamin
Frey, Surina
Oppel, Eva Maria
Ruëff, Franziska
Clanner-Engelshofen, Benjamin Maximilian
Heppt, Markus V.
French, Lars Einar
Wollenberg, Andreas
author_facet Reinholz, Markus
Kendziora, Benjamin
Frey, Surina
Oppel, Eva Maria
Ruëff, Franziska
Clanner-Engelshofen, Benjamin Maximilian
Heppt, Markus V.
French, Lars Einar
Wollenberg, Andreas
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description BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene measures in the general population and in health care workers have increased considerably since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence and symptoms of hand eczema, as well as hygiene measures and concepts of care, in German health care workers. MATERIALS & METHODS: This was an observational questionnaire study to investigate hygiene and skin care habits, as well as the prevalence and symptoms of hand eczema in 66 nurses and doctors of our dermatology department before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. RESULTS: Hand washing and hand disinfection procedures increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-diagnosed hand eczema was reported by 33% of the participants, with a median duration of 14 days. The majority of staff currently affected by hand eczema were free of eczema a month previously (82%) and would treat their skin condition with emollients (77%). Erythema, scaling, burning and fissures were reported by 66.1% of the participants and were classified as predominant signs of toxic-irritant hand dermatitis rather than contact allergy. CONCLUSION: Overall, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to a significant increase in the incidence of signs of irritant hand eczema despite intensified emollient use as a preventive measure. Awareness of the prevalence of hand eczema in health care workers in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic should be raised, and preventive measures should be intensified.
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spelling pubmed-83548332021-08-11 Increased prevalence of irritant hand eczema in health care workers in a dermatological clinic due to increased hygiene measures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic Reinholz, Markus Kendziora, Benjamin Frey, Surina Oppel, Eva Maria Ruëff, Franziska Clanner-Engelshofen, Benjamin Maximilian Heppt, Markus V. French, Lars Einar Wollenberg, Andreas Eur J Dermatol Clinical Report BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene measures in the general population and in health care workers have increased considerably since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence and symptoms of hand eczema, as well as hygiene measures and concepts of care, in German health care workers. MATERIALS & METHODS: This was an observational questionnaire study to investigate hygiene and skin care habits, as well as the prevalence and symptoms of hand eczema in 66 nurses and doctors of our dermatology department before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. RESULTS: Hand washing and hand disinfection procedures increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-diagnosed hand eczema was reported by 33% of the participants, with a median duration of 14 days. The majority of staff currently affected by hand eczema were free of eczema a month previously (82%) and would treat their skin condition with emollients (77%). Erythema, scaling, burning and fissures were reported by 66.1% of the participants and were classified as predominant signs of toxic-irritant hand dermatitis rather than contact allergy. CONCLUSION: Overall, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to a significant increase in the incidence of signs of irritant hand eczema despite intensified emollient use as a preventive measure. Awareness of the prevalence of hand eczema in health care workers in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic should be raised, and preventive measures should be intensified. John Libbey Eurotext 2021-08-11 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8354833/ /pubmed/34309523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2021.4046 Text en © JLE/Springer 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
spellingShingle Clinical Report
Reinholz, Markus
Kendziora, Benjamin
Frey, Surina
Oppel, Eva Maria
Ruëff, Franziska
Clanner-Engelshofen, Benjamin Maximilian
Heppt, Markus V.
French, Lars Einar
Wollenberg, Andreas
Increased prevalence of irritant hand eczema in health care workers in a dermatological clinic due to increased hygiene measures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title Increased prevalence of irritant hand eczema in health care workers in a dermatological clinic due to increased hygiene measures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_full Increased prevalence of irritant hand eczema in health care workers in a dermatological clinic due to increased hygiene measures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_fullStr Increased prevalence of irritant hand eczema in health care workers in a dermatological clinic due to increased hygiene measures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Increased prevalence of irritant hand eczema in health care workers in a dermatological clinic due to increased hygiene measures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_short Increased prevalence of irritant hand eczema in health care workers in a dermatological clinic due to increased hygiene measures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
title_sort increased prevalence of irritant hand eczema in health care workers in a dermatological clinic due to increased hygiene measures during the sars-cov-2 pandemic
topic Clinical Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8354833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34309523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2021.4046
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