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It could be humidity related rather than the fibres. Increased humidity will likely cause rhinitis - need to review the air exchange Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:50:16 +0100 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Laundry fibres and rhinitis symptoms To: [log in to unmask] Hello All, Has anyone heard of runny and itchy nose in Laundry sorter? We have 8/10 workers in laundry complaining of runny and itchy nose. An assessment was done and it was found that their was poor ventilation in the department as their is limited route for cotton fibres to exit the building. During summer they can open a large door to allow ventilation but come winter month they have to shut that door as it will be too cold to work. I have looked for any evidence in this topic but the closest i got was cotton harvester /workers that may experience respiratory symptoms. It appears that the worker i am concerned with only sort and distrIbute clean linen to wards and departments and their is not sufficient exposure to cotton. We have written to management to advice adequate ventilatory n the department by installing a mechanism that will waft out fine fibres' to consider PPE to cover nose, hair and overalls, warm clothing during winter and recommend the workers to attend for spiro. Is their anything else we should be doing? RegardsThelma ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH