Dermatitis medical adhesives

In another study by Mancuso et al. it was shown that the occupational contact dermatitis of workers in shoe factories was probably a result of solvents in varnishes and adhesives. This study was based on interviews, medical examinations and patch test series. 

Medical use of rosin derivatives on tapes, bandages, surgical and dental dressings, wart paints (Lachapelle and Leroy 1990) and hydrocolloid dressings has been reported (Sasseville et al. 1997). For several hydrocolloid dressings, the allergen is a modified ester of colophony, the pentaerythrite ester (Hausen and Kulenkamp 1998). Most patients with a sensitisation to colophony report intolerance of brown coloured tapes. However, we have not found any report of occupational contact dermatitis to medical colophony resin adhesives. 

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