[How to test occupational products brought in by patients].
Where allergic investigations are carried out for occupational dermatitis, appropriate tests must be performed but commercially available batteries are not always suitable for the working conditions and for the products handled by patients. During testing, the products being handled must thus be correctly diluted with full knowledge of their composition in order to prevent harmful effects, particularly caustic effects, and to avoid false positives and false negatives.
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D000485:Allergens; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010328:Patch Tests / Q000379:methods*
D000485:Allergens