Skin protection preparation, industrial

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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General information
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Industrial skin protection preparations are part of the company's three-stage skin protection concept. Skin protection preparations are products which are used together with skin cleansing agents and skin care products as part of an integrative concept for the prevention of occupational skin diseases and where the intended use is achieved under consideration of dermatological aspects.
In a narrower sense, the term "skin protection products" refers to products for external application which are intended to protect the skin against irritations.
From the point of view of the skin protection agent industry, however, the term "skin protection products" does not only include products which reduce potential irritations caused by working substances but also products which e.g. facilitate the cleaning of the skin by the prior application of a skin protection agent or which reduce the swelling of the skin caused by excessive sweating and thus may indirectly affect the condition of the skin or the epidermal barrier.
In the guideline "Occupational skin products", skin protection, skin care and skin cleansing products for occupational use are understood and summarised under occupational skin products.
The application of refatting skin-texterna as well as gentle skin cleansing can help the skin to better tolerate the stresses and strains at the workplace and to regenerate more quickly when stress occurs.
The success of a skin protection program ultimately depends not only on the fact that the skin protection, skin cleansing and skin care products offered are coordinated and selected according to the individual workplace exposure, but also on the fact that the employees are informed in an appropriate manner about the skin protection measures offered.
Skin protection preparations are used in particular for activities in which the hands are exposed to moisture for more than two hours per day, liquid-tight gloves must be worn for more than two hours, the hands must be cleaned frequently and/or there is contact with skin-damaging substances.
Skin protection products should be applied before any potential skin exposure, i.e. also after breaks in work. Before reapplying, the skin must be cleaned and thoroughly dried to prevent increased penetration of irritants remaining on the skin. Special attention must be paid to careful application, with particular attention to the nail bed and the spaces between the fingers. In order to increase the acceptance and applicability of the preparations it is necessary from the dermatological and occupational health point of view to consider on the one hand the retractability and compatibility of the used preparation with the occupational activities (e.g. reduction of the grip and the corrosion protection of a workpiece in metal processing) and on the other hand to take care that the natural skin function is only slightly affected. If skin protection products are used together with gloves, care must be taken that their protective effect is not impaired by the skin protection product used.
The effectiveness of an occupational skin protection product is usually linked to the overall formulation and not to individual ingredients. Currently, the market offers different galenical systems for the production of skin protection products. These are divided into water-soluble (O/W emulsion) and water-insoluble (W/O emulsion).
Special ingredients, some of which are referred to as skin protection substances, e.g. film formers (perfluoropolyethers, aluminum silicates or polysaccharides) can be used to extend the spectrum of action of a skin protection product or to enhance the effectiveness of a formulation. The spectrum of action of a skin protection product can also be extended by additives such as perfluoropolyethers, aluminum chlorohydrate and synthetic tanning agents, the latter two of which are primarily recommended for the reduction of skin maceration. Some additives which are typically used in skin care products are not necessarily suitable for the use in skin protection products. This applies e.g. for urea whose potential penetration promotion makes an application before the activity not recommendable and which therefore only makes sense in products which are applied on the skin after the activity.
For a long time it was propagated to exclusively use lipophilic formulations like W/O emulsions or oleogels for the protection against water miscible noxious agents and in case of skin exposure due to moist work and vice versa in case of skin contact with non-water miscible agents only hydrophilic formulations like O/W emulsions or suspension ointments should be used. However, efficacy tests based on in vivo test procedures have shown that this dogmatic classification has no general validity. The efficacy of a skin protection product can therefore not be assessed on the basis of a theoretical consideration of the respective galenical system alone.

Literature
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Dicke W, Funk-Stendel I, Marschner B, Zuther F (2005) Everything about skin protection, skin cleansing, skin care. Wirtschaftsverlag NW, publishing house for new science GmbH, Bremerhaven p. 440
Fartasch M et al. (2008) Guideline (Status: 03.05.2008, http://abd.dermis.net/content/e03abd/e10diensteinfo/index_ger.html) "Occupational skin products
Joint guideline of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Berufs- und Umweltdermatologie (ABD) in the Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (DDG) and the GD Gesellschaft für Dermopharmazie e.V. guideline "Occupational Skin Protection Products" in the version of 2 April 2003, http://www.gd-online.de

Tables
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Manufacturer	Water soluble working materials	Water-insoluble working materials	UV exposure
FAWECO skin protection Woellnerstr. 26 D-67065 Ludwigshafen Phone: 0621/55909830 fax: 0621/559098378 www.faweco.de	LINDESA W/O (emulsion)	LINDESA 0 (cream)	LINDESA UV20 (emulsion, unscented, preservative-free)
	LINDES F (cream)	LINDEXAL (cream)

Peter Greven Skin protection Procter & Gamble Road 26 D-53881 Euskirchen Phone: 02253/313200 Fax: 02253/313134 www.peter-greven.de	SPECIAL CREAM B (AQUA-tec) (silicone-free and preservative-free)	SPECIAL CREAM A (OLEO-tec) (silicone-free)	SPECIAL LOTION UV (UV-tec) (silicone-free)
	SPECIAL LOTION B (AQUA-tec) (silicone-free)	SPECIAL LOTION A (OLEO-tec, silicone-free)

Herwe chemical-technical products GmbH Small field 16-20 D-74889 Sinsheim-Dühren Phone: 07261/92810 Fax: 07261/928120 www.herwe.de	HERWESAN ACQUA (cream, silicone-free)	HERWESAN (cream, silicone-free)	HERWESAN UV (cream, silicone-free)
		HERWESAN PRO (cream, silicone-free)
	HERWESAN ACQUA LIQUIDO (lotion, silicone-free)	HERWESAN OLIO (cream, silicone-free)	HERWESAN UV LIQUIDO (lotion, silicone-free)
		HERWESAN OLIO LIQUIDO (lotion, silicone-free)

Hans Karrer Ltd. Messerschmittring 54 D-86343 Königsbrunn Phone: 08231/96430 Fax: 08231/964319 www.hans-karrer.de	Excipial Protect (cream, unscented)	-	-

Sana Vita Ltd. Red Cross Street 21 D-97828 Marktheidenfeld Phone: 09391/916797 fax: 09391/914906 www.sanavita-gesundheitsforum.de	Hand and skin protection ointment (unscented, preservative-free)	-	-

Schülke & Mayr GmbH Robert-Koch Str. 2 D-22851 Norderstedt Tel.: 040/521000 Fax: 040/52100318 www.schuelke-mayr.com	Sensiva Protection Emulsion W/O (unscented)	Sensiva Protection Emulsion O/W (unscented)	-

Stockhausen/Degussa Business Line STOKO Skin Care Baker's Trail 25 D-47805 Krefeld Phone: 02151/381827 fax: 02151/381502 www.stoko.de	KOSMOSAN (ointment, silicone-free, preservative-free)	TRAVABON/ TRAVABON S (ointment, silicone-free)	STOKO UV 27 SPECIAL (cream, preservative-free)
	STOKO PROTECT + (cream, silicone-free, unscented)
		ARRETIL (ointment, silicone-free, unscented)	STOKO UV 18 CREAM (silicone-free)
	TAKTOSAN EMULSION (lotion, silicone-free)

Paul Voormann GmbH Siemensstrasse 42 D-42551 Velbert Phone: 02051/22086 Fax: 02051/21998 www.paul-voormann.de	PEVASAN SF (ointment, silicone-free)	PEVA PROTECTION (lotion, silicone-free)	PEVASAN UV (ointment)
		PEVASAN HL (lotion, silicone-free)
		PEVASAN LF (ointment, silicone-free)
	PEVAPERM (lotion, silicone-free, unscented)
		PEVASAN MG (ointment, silicone-free)
		PEVAPERM (lotion, silicone-free, unscented)