Personal protective equipment use and hand
washing
Most subjects wore gloves and some wore two pairs
in combination. Eighteen of the 54 subjects wore
nitrile, neoprene, rubber, or latex gloves, 34 subjects
wore either a cotton glove or a gardening style glove
(rubberized palm of hand and cotton back of hand),
1 subject wore no gloves, and the personal protective
equipment (PPE) use of the remaining subject was
not reported. Only 3 of the 54 subjects (5.6%) reported
hand washing during the workday. Student’s t-test was
used to assess the effect of chemically protective
gloves (rubber, nitrile, neoprene, or latex) on dermal
exposure to nickel, lead, chromium, and chlorothalonil.
As chlorothalonil was only detected at Sites N
and R, chlorothalonil analysis was restricted to these
sites. Histograms of the data distributions appeared
to be lognormal in shape and the exposure data were
log transformed prior to analysis. The geometric mean
dermal exposure to nickel, lead, and chromium was
lower among those who used chemically protective
gloves (although the differences were only statistically
significant for nickel). The use of chemically protective
gloves was not related to lower exposure to chlorothalonil
(Table 7). An insufficient number of workers
(three) reported hand washing during the workday so
similar analyses to assess the effect of hand washing
on exposure were not possible.
Personal protective equipment use and handwashingMost subjects wore gloves and some wore two pairsin combination. Eighteen of the 54 subjects worenitrile, neoprene, rubber, or latex gloves, 34 subjectswore either a cotton glove or a gardening style glove(rubberized palm of hand and cotton back of hand),1 subject wore no gloves, and the personal protectiveequipment (PPE) use of the remaining subject wasnot reported. Only 3 of the 54 subjects (5.6%) reportedhand washing during the workday. Student’s t-test wasused to assess the effect of chemically protectivegloves (rubber, nitrile, neoprene, or latex) on dermalexposure to nickel, lead, chromium, and chlorothalonil.As chlorothalonil was only detected at Sites Nand R, chlorothalonil analysis was restricted to thesesites. Histograms of the data distributions appearedto be lognormal in shape and the exposure data werelog transformed prior to analysis. The geometric meandermal exposure to nickel, lead, and chromium waslower among those who used chemically protectivegloves (although the differences were only statisticallysignificant for nickel). The use of chemically protectivegloves was not related to lower exposure to chlorothalonil(Table 7). An insufficient number of workers(three) reported hand washing during the workday sosimilar analyses to assess the effect of hand washingon exposure were not possible.
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