Anjana, Mohan (2013) Study the pattern of dermatoses among workers in cashew nut industry and to assess the protective efficacy of rubber finger glove as a barrier in patients with dermatoses. Masters thesis, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore.
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: Workers in the cashew factory develop severe dermatitis over the hands following contact with cashew nut shell oil liquid. Less severe irritant dermatitis occurs over other areas such as forearm, V area of neck, face, chest, exposed midriff and feet. We examined 40 workers, all of whom showed the dermatitis in various severities involving mostly the hands. Since some workers used finger gloves while working and the others didn’t use the gloves, we examined 15 workers who use the gloves and 15 workers who did not use the gloves and compared the severity between both the groups. Since the gloves protected only the fingers, we compared the severity over each finger of worker who use rubber finger gloves and who did not use the gloves. The right index finger, right middle finger, left middle finger, right ring finger, left ring finger, right little finger and left little finger showed significantly less severe dermatitis among the rubber finger glove users when compared to those who did not use the finger gloves. (Table 7) The right thumb, left thumb and the left index finger showed relatively less severe dermatitis among those who used the rubber finger gloves. But the difference was not statistically significant. (Table 7) This could be because these fingers exert more pressure and may subject to more friction resulting in relatively frequent damage of the protective finger gloves which may permit the contact of the finger with the cashew nut shell oil liquid. In these fingers we intend to conduct a study using double layered gloves for better protection. We conclude that, use of finger glove offers significant protection for glove users when compared to those who do not use the gloves. We plan to undertake in vitro and vivo studies to find more suitable and acceptable gloves for all the workers.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | pattern of dermatoses ; workers ; cashew nut industry ; protective efficacy ; rubber finger glove ; barrier ; patients ; dermatoses. |
| Subjects: | MEDICAL > Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy |
| Depositing User: | Punitha K |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2018 14:23 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2018 03:01 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/8567 |
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