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COVID-19 , COVID-19/epidemiologia , Pessoal de Saúde , Humanos , Pandemias , Prevalência , SARS-CoV-2Assuntos
COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Dermatite Ocupacional/epidemiologia , Desinfecção das Mãos/normas , Pessoal de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Equipamento de Proteção Individual/efeitos adversos , COVID-19/epidemiologia , COVID-19/transmissão , Dermatite Ocupacional/etiologia , Desinfecção das Mãos/métodos , Higienizadores de Mão/efeitos adversos , Pessoal de Saúde/normas , Humanos , Incidência , Controle de Infecções/normas , Irlanda/epidemiologia , Pandemias/prevenção & controle , Equipamento de Proteção Individual/normas , Estudos Prospectivos , Proteína Serina-Treonina Quinase 2 de Interação com Receptor , Sabões/efeitos adversos , Fatores de Tempo , Reino Unido/epidemiologiaRESUMO
COVID-19 healthcare workers (HCWs) require frequent handwashing and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent infection. However, evidence is emerging that these practices are causing adverse effects on their skin integrity. A single-centre, cross-sectional study of HCWs from an Irish hospital was undertaken to evaluate the degree of COVID-19-related irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) between April and May 2020. Of 270 participants surveyed, 223 (82.6%) reported symptoms of ICD. The hands were the most commonly affected site (76.47%) and the most frequently reported symptom was dry skin (75.37%). Nearly all (268; 99.26%) HCWs had increased hand-washing frequency, but 122 (45.35%) did not use emollients. In the ICD group, 24.7% cited a history of dermatitis compared with 4.3% of unaffected staff (P < 0.001). The ICD group recorded PPE usage for an average of 3.15 h compared with the non-ICD group at 1.97 h (P = 0.21). Promoting awareness of COVID-19-related ICD is vital to highlight prevention and treatment for frontline staff.
