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Occupational dermatitis in child daycare workers is mostly hand dermatitis.

Hand dermatitis in daycare employees is mostly of irritant nature and due to water, soap, and disinfectants.

Handling food, particularly fruit and dairy products, may cause contact urticaria or protein contact dermatitis.

The use of latex or rubber gloves may induce irritant as well as allergic contact dermatitis.

Skin care and sanitizing products are an important source of contact allergens, most prominently fragrances, preservatives, and increasingly cocamidopropylbetaine.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, VUmc Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Marjolein Wintzen

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Swen Malte John

  2. National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Hellerup, Denmark

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

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

    Howard I. Maibach

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Wintzen, M. (2020). Child Daycare Workers. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68617-2_139

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