Lutsky I I, Kalbfleisch J H, Fink J N
J Occup Med. 1983 May;25(5):372-6.
Occupational asthma from exposure to laboratory animals has recently been recognized as a compensable prescribed disease in Britain. Current American employer attitudes and policies regarding laboratory animal allergy were surveyed by questionnaire and the findings compiled from 155 institutions. Laboratory animal allergy was reported as a workplace disease of animal house employees by 108 facilities (70%), with rat and rabbit exposure the most frequent cause. While 103 of 155 animal research facilities required a preemployment medical examination, only six of these included hypersensitivity screening. Applicants for jobs involving animal contact were rarely disqualified because of an allergic history. A uniform policy regarding the problem of allergy to laboratory animals in U.S. animal facilities is not presently apparent.
在英国，因接触实验动物而引发的职业性哮喘最近已被认定为可获赔偿的规定疾病。通过问卷调查对美国当前雇主关于实验动物过敏的态度和政策进行了调查，并汇总了来自155个机构的调查结果。108个机构（70%）报告称实验动物过敏是动物饲养员工的一种职业疾病，接触大鼠和兔子是最常见的病因。虽然155个动物研究机构中有103个要求进行入职前体检，但其中只有6个机构进行了过敏筛查。涉及动物接触工作的求职者很少因过敏史而被取消资格。目前在美国动物设施中，对于实验动物过敏问题尚未出现统一的政策。
