Dermatitis Kontak Alergi Semen pada Pekerja Perusahaan Pembuatan Paving Block di Medan

Abstract

Background : Contact Dermatitis is a skin infection occured by external exposure, both accute or chronic which caused by materials stick on the skin allergen or irritan materials. Allergy Contact Dermatitis caused by cement is a dermatitis occured by cement material especially Chromat allergent. A Chromat allergent contact dermatitis always find at paving block worker. Objectives : Understanding the scale point of allergy contact dermatitis on paving block worker and other factor influences include ( age, education, time job, atopi history, safety device usage and exposure) conduct to alergy contact dermatitis at paving block worker. Subject and Method : the research was descriptive and analitical with vertical cutting design held on June 2008 until April 2009. The research sample object was the paving block worker period June 2008 until April 2009 who meet the classify requirement for 30 people. The collect data including age, education, time job, atopi history, safety device usage and exposure. The data process and statistic was conducted on a significant correlation test (chi-square test) with border means at amount 95 % which consist the means if P < 0,05 and no means if P > 0,05. Result: The paving block worker consist 33,3 % with allergy cement contact dermatitis caused by chromat allergen. Based on chi-square test appeared a significant connection between time exposure (p=0,041) with contact dermatitis of cement allergen occurance. The age worker variable (p=0,223), education (p=0,301), time work (p=0,106), atopi history (p=l,000), safety device usage (p=0,243) have no significant connection with occurance contact dermatitis of cement allergent Conclusion : contact dermatitis of cement allergent proportion is 33,3 % and appear means relate to statictic between the risk of contact dermatitis of cement allergent occurance with time exposure factor