Disinfectant Use Tied to COPD Incidence in Nurses 'Novel hypothesis merits further investigation,' researchers say

There was a prospective association between exposure to disinfectants and higher chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) incidence in nurses, researchers reported here. Analysis of data from the U.S. Nurses Health Study II (NHS II) showed that nurses who used various disinfectants to clean surfaces in hospitals had a 22% increased risk of developing COPD within 8 years (adjusted odds ration 1.22 95% CI 1.04-1.43), according to Orianne Dumas, PhD, of the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in Villejuif, France, and colleagues. About 37% of the nurses reported weekly involvement in using disinfectants to clean surfaces, Dumas said at a press conference at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress. She also reported that a suggested association for weekly use of disinfectants to clean instruments (19% exposed, aOR 1.18, 95% CI 0.98-1.43). High level exposure to specific disinfectant evaluated by the https://www.medpagetoday.com/mastery-of-medicine/pulmonology-mastery-in-copd/67810?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-09-12&eun=g721819d0r&pos=0