id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-270313-k0cj209s Erdem, Yasemin The risk of hand eczema in healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Do we need specific attention or prevention strategies? 2020-06-07 .txt text/plain 869 77 62 title: The risk of hand eczema in healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Do we need specific attention or prevention strategies? 1 Independent from COVID 19, healthcare workers (HCW) have an increased risk for hand eczema (HE). 5 Therefore, we aimed to investigate the frequency, risk factors, and clinical features of HE among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The frequency of HE was 50.4% among healthcare workers at COVID-19 patient care units in this study. 2, 7 Lan et al reported a high share of 70.4% hand skin damage due to frequent hand hygiene and longer times of using gloves in healthcare workers managing COVID-19. 4 Recently, Guertler et al published a questionnaire-based study among healthcare workers at COVID-19 units. In contrast to the literature, however, the increased use of moisturizing hand cream was independently associated with HE in the present study. Prevalence and risk factors of hand eczema in hospitalbased nurses in northern China ./cache/cord-270313-k0cj209s.txt ./txt/cord-270313-k0cj209s.txt