Glutaraldehyde induced asthma in endoscopy nursing staff
- Argyll and Clyde Occupational Health Service, The Hollybush, Dykebar Hospital, Grahamston Road, Paisley PA2 7DE, Scotland, UK
- Dr E R Waclawski eugene.waclawski{at}renver-pct.scot.nhs.uk
The recent article by Vyaset al 1 raises some concerns to which I would be grateful if they could respond.
(1) In the abstract one of the objectives is stated as finding the nature and incidence of symptoms experienced by a large sample of hospital endoscopy nurses. The study design is cross sectional and used an adapted version of the MRC questionnaire for respiratory symptoms. This study design …









