Some epidemiological characteristics of allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics in pharmaceutical industrial workers and hospital staffs
- Author:
Tuan Le Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
allergy
- MeSH:
Hypersensitivity;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2001;9():23-27
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study was carried out on 490 workers from 3 pharmaceutical enterprises, and 589 hospital staffs (nurses, pharmacist) from hospitals in Hanoi. Results shown that the prevalence of allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics in pharmaceutical workers and hospital staffs is very high and clearly affected by occupational factors. This issue requires the functioning agencies having solutions of early detection, management and prevention for labor force working in pharmaceutical and health branch.
