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Asthma and Rhinitis after Exposure to Glutaraldehyde in Endoscopy Units

Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1

J. Osman

Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1

R.J. Davies

Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1

1 Four nurses working in endoscopy units complained of respiratory symptoms on exposure to alkaline glutaraldehyde used as a disinfectant for fibre-optic endoscopes.

2 A provocation test was positive in two of these patients.

3 This is the first report to use provocation testing to confirm a relation between exposure to alkaline glutaraldehyde and respiratory disease.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 5, No. 5, 325-328 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718600500505


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