Table 4.
Number of PIC cases per type of exposure, product group, and PIC experts’ assessment of risk.
| Major risk n (%) |
Moderate risk n (%) |
Minor riska n (%) |
Sum of cases n (%) |
% major risk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of cases | 780 (100) | 1416 (100) | 803 (100) | 2999 (100) | 26% |
| Of which women | 288 (37) | 726 (51) | 506 (63) | 1520 (51) | 19% |
| Of which men | 460 (59) | 671 (47) | 281 (35) | 1412 (47) | 33% |
| Of which unknown sex | 32 (4) | 19 (1) | 16 (2) | 67 (2) | 48% |
| Type of exposure | |||||
| Alkali | 517 (66) | 582 (41) | 145 (18) | 1244 (41) | 42% |
| Alcohol | 0 (0) | 104 (7) | 234 (29) | 338 (11) | 0% |
| Acids | 87 (11) | 148 (10) | 58 (7) | 293 (10) | 30% |
| Hypochlorite | 34 (4) | 132 (9) | 50 (6) | 213 (7) | 16% |
| Quats | 48 (6) | 41 (3) | 17 (2) | 106 (4) | 45% |
| Surfactant | 0 (0) | 40 (3) | 65 (8) | 105 (4) | 0% |
| Other/unknown | 97 (12) | 369 (26) | 234 (29) | 700 (23) | 14% |
| Product group | |||||
| Disinfectant | 67 (9) | 247 (17) | 302 (38) | 616 (21) | 11% |
| Professional cleaning | 218 (28) | 276 (19) | 56 (7) | 550 (18) | 40% |
| Dishwasher detergents | 181 (23) | 177 (13) | 54 (7) | 412 (14) | 44% |
| Oven and grill cleaners | 73 (9) | 90 (6) | 16(2) | 179 (6) | 41% |
| Descaling agents | 42 (5) | 78 (6) | 51 (6) | 171 (6) | 25% |
| Bleach | 24 (3) | 79 (6) | 28 (3) | 131 (4) | 18% |
| Sewer and drain cleaners | 44 (6) | 62 (4) | 21 (3) | 127 (4) | 35% |
| All-purpose cleaner | 2 (0) | 40 (3) | 37 (5) | 79 (3) | 3% |
| Pool chemical | 3 (0) | 35 (2) | 22 (3) | 60 (2) | 5% |
| Mould and algae remover | 15 (2) | 26 (2) | 8 (1) | 49 (2) | 31% |
| Kitchen cleaning | 10 (1) | 24 (2) | 8 (1) | 42 (1) | 24% |
| Sanitary cleaners | 3 (0) | 22 (2) | 11 (1) | 36 (1) | 8% |
| Laundry detergent | 6 (1) | 12 (1) | 13 (2) | 31 (1) | 19% |
| Hand dishwashing agents | 0 (0) | 11(1) | 19 (2) | 30 (1) | 0% |
| Other cleaning agents | 92 (12) | 237 (17) | 157 (20) | 486 (16) | 19% |
Quats, quaternary ammonium compounds.
a The column minor risk also includes 68 cases for which risk was recorded as undetermined.