title: [Study on the efficacy of personal protective equipment for skin against nicotine absorption through the skin route in tobacco workers].
abstract: During a previous assessment on the efficacy of some recently installed general dust extraction systems in a tuscan cigar manufacture line, both environmental and biologic monitoring were performed. Although the analysis of environmental samples supported the efficacy of the new general protection implant, these data did not parallel the results from the biologic monitoring, suggesting that nicotine skin absorption needed to be further investigated. We, therefore, carried out a study aimed at evaluating the efficacy of three different kind of PPE for skin (two nitrile gloves of different thickness and one latex glove), to be used by tobacco workers. The results of this study showed that the performance of these three materials in stopping nicotine transfer through the gloves was significantly different. The 0.22 mm thick nicotine gloves resulted, by far, the best gloves in protecting the workers' skin against nicotine exposure.
authors: Dipartimento di Endocrinologia e metabolismo, Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Medicina del Lavoro - Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Foddis
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Iuzzolini
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Pantani
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ferraro
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Baggiani
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Cristaudo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009538:Nicotine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011482:Protective Devices; D012869:Skin Absorption; D019460:Tobacco Industry
chemical_list: D009538:Nicotine