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Operating Room Staff

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Operating room workers are a subset of health care workers. Their work involves the preparation for, performance of, and cleanup after surgical procedures. Operating room workers are exposed to skin irritants and allergens. Wet work and exposure to cleansing, disinfecting, and cleaning agents are key risks for irritant contact dermatitis. There are a variety of allergens that may cause allergic contact dermatitis. Operating room workers may also be at risk for contact urticaria.

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  1. Division of Occupational Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    D Linn Holness & Diandra Budd

  2. Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto and Head, Toronto, ON, Canada

    D Linn Holness

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Swen Malte John

  2. Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Thüringen, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Linn Holness, D., Budd, D. (2018). Operating Room Staff. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40221-5_177-2

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