A Topical Cream Containing a Zinc Gel (Allergy Guard) as a Prophylactic against Latex Glove-Related Contact Dermatitis
Bibliographic record
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Many health care workers are sensitized to the proteins in natural rubber latex and get contact dermatitis as a result of wearing latex gloves. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate a topical formulation containing a zinc gel (Allergy Guard) as a prophylactic against latex glove-related contact dermatitis. METHODS: The study was carried out with volunteers who exhibited mild to moderate contact dermatitis (type IV) after wearing latex gloves as per the protocol. RESULTS: Allergy Guard significantly reduced skin irritation in volunteers who exhibited type IV hypersensitivity when exposed to latex gloves. Allergy Guard also exhibited a barrier effect as shown by the permeation of chlorophyllin dye into the skin of volunteers. Allergy Guard prevented dermal irritation induced by sodium lauryl sulfate. CONCLUSION: Topical formulations containing a zinc gel may be used to delay or prevent latex sensitivity, especially among health care professionals.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".