title: S1 guideline on occupational skin products: protective creams, skin cleansers, skin care products (ICD 10: L23, L24)--short version.
abstract: Job-related hand dermatitis heads up the list of reported occupational diseases. So-called skin products - understood to mean protective creams, skin cleansers and skin care products - are used for the primary and secondary prevention of job- related hand dermatitis. In the interests of evidence-based medicine, the only preventive measures and/or occupational skin products that should be used are those whose potential uses and efficacy are underpinned by scientific research. To this end, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Berufs- und Umweltdermatologie e.V. (Working Group for Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, ABD) of the DDG (German Dermatological Society) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arbeits- und Umweltmedizin (German Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, DGAUM) have summed up the latest scientific findings and recommendations in the updated guideline. The benefit of the combined application of protective creams and skin care products in the primary and secondary prevention of work-related contact dermatitis has been widely confirmed by recent clinical-epidemiological studies. The guideline clearly explains the necessity of demonstrating the efficacy of protective creams and cleansing products by means of in vivo methods in the sense of repetitive applications. Transferable standardised testing systems designed to examine the irritation potential and thus the compatibility of occupational skin cleansers and the reduction of irritation by protective skin creams have now been developed and validated by multicentre studies for skin protection creams and cleansers. The status of the current assessment of the safety of occupational skin products is also summarised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Occupational Dermatology, Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Occupational Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Germany.
authors.forename: Manigé
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fartasch
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Diepgen
authors.affiliation: Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Drexler
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Elsner
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine, Health Theory, University of Osnabrueck, Germany.
authors.forename: Swen Malte
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: John
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Sibylle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schliemann
mesh_terms: D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003880:Dermatology / Q000592:standards*; D003902:Detergents / Q000592:standards / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005858:Germany; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017592:Skin Care / Q000592:standards*; D063465:Skin Cream / Q000592:standards / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents
keywords: Guideline; occupational contact dermatitis; prevention; protective creams; skin care products; skin cleansers