Cleaning Tasks and Products and Asthma Among Health Care Professionals

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• Personal Author:
  Carson A ; Conway S ; Delclos GL ; Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D ; Han I ; Henneberger, Paul K. ; Mitchell LE ; Patel J ; Patel R ; Pompeii L ; Reyes JDL ; Whitehead LW ; Zock J-P
• Description:
  Objective: Health care workers are at risk for work-related asthma, which may be affected by changes in cleaning practices. We examined associations of cleaning tasks and products with work-related asthma in health care workers in 2016, comparing them with prior results from 2003. Methods: We estimated asthma prevalence by professional group and explored associations of self-reported asthma with job-exposure matrix-based cleaning tasks/products in a representative Texas sample of 9914 physicians, nurses, respiratory/occupational therapists, and nurse aides. Results: Response rate was 34.8% (n = 2421). The weighted prevalence rates of physician-diagnosed (15.3%), work-exacerbated (4.1%), and new-onset asthma (6.7%) and bronchial hyperresponsiveness symptoms (31.1%) were similar to 2003. New-onset asthma was associated with building surface cleaning (odds ratio [OR], 1.91; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10-3.33), use of ortho-phthalaldehyde (OR, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.15-2.72), bleach/quaternary compounds (OR, 1.91; 95% CI, 1.10-3.33), and sprays (OR, 1.97; 95% CI, 1.12-3.47). Conclusion: Prevalence of asthma/bronchial hyperresponsiveness seems unchanged, whereas associations of new-onset asthma with exposures to surface cleaning remained, and decreased for instrument cleaning. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Epidemiology Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Asthma Cleaning Compounds Cleaning Products Health Care Health Care Workers JEM Job Exposure Matrix Occupational Risk Factors Respiratory Disorders
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Pennsylvania ; Texas ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  28-34
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068599
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2024 Jan; 66(1):28-34
• Contact Point Address:
  David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 7411 John Smith Dr. Suite 1122, San Antonio, TX 78229
• Email:
  david.gimeno@uth.tmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:80bdad662de9cb3ef7ee17c6a6cbdf3e42d711477e5fd91087e8e9fb86495845cfff484cef8fff262a3b9930a1cc65eba4d1d50b907a5400d2ad5e8018276ba1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207203/cdc_207203_DS1.pdf
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