Healthcare workers should seek early treatment for dermatitis and should be advised about the risk of bacterial colonisation.
Work adjustments should be considered for those with severe or acute dermatitis who work with patients at high risk of hospital-acquired infection.
Healthcare workers with dermatitis should follow skin care programmes, and use alcohol gel where appropriate for hand decontamination.
Further research should explore whether healthcare workers with dermatitis are more likely to transmit infection to their patients, and whether health surveillance is effective at reducing dermatitis.
2012-03-08
Eng.
Occupational and environmental medicine
Health and Work Development Unit, Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, London NW1 4LE, UK. hwdu [at] rcplondon.ac.uk
Occup Environ Med. 2012 Apr;69(4):276-9
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