TY - JOUR T1 - Insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of measures to prevent occupational irritant hand dermatitis JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 21 LP - 22 DO - 10.1136/ebn1008 VL - 14 IS - 1 AU - Jill Peters Y1 - 2011/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/14/1/21.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Bauer A, Schmitt J, Bennett C, et al. Interventions for preventing occupational irritant hand dermatitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010;6:CD004414. Occupational irritant hand dermatitis (OIHD) is an important cause of discomfort in the working population. It is an inflammatory reaction of the skin occurring in people who come in contact with water, detergents, chemicals and other irritants in their working day. The incidence rate of hand dermatitis was 5.5 cases/1000 persons-years (women = 9.6 and men = 4.0).1 It was stated that the high-incidence rate was associated with the female sex, contact allergy, atopic eczema and wet work. This is very pertinent to nurses and other healthcare workers when you consider the implications of constant hand washing for … ER -