Society guideline links: Contact dermatitis

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Atopic dermatitis".)

International

●International Eczema Council (IEC): Chronic hand eczema guidelines (2021)

Canada

●Canadian Dermatology Association (CDA): Canadian hand dermatitis management guidelines (2010)

United States

●American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI): Practice parameter on contact dermatitis, update (2015)

●AAAAI and ACAAI: Practice parameter on allergy diagnostic testing, update (2008)

Europe

●European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV): Position statement on patch test informed consent form (2021)

●European Society of Contact Dermatitis (ESCD): Guidelines for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of hand eczema (2021)

●European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI): Position paper for practical patch testing in allergic contact dermatitis in children (2015)

●ESCD: Guideline for diagnostic patch testing – Recommendations on best practice (2015)

United Kingdom

●Primary Care Dermatology Society (PCDS): Eczema – Contact allergic dermatitis (including latex and rubber allergy) (2012, updated 2022)

●PCDS: Eczema – Hand (and foot) eczema (2012, updated 2022)

●British Association of Dermatologists (BAD): Guidelines for the management of contact dermatitis (2017)

●RCP, FOM, NHS Plus: A national guideline on dermatitis – Occupational aspects of management (2009)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Dermatology Association (JDA): Contact dermatitis clinical practice guidelines (2020)

●[In Japanese] JDA: Hand eczema clinical practice guidelines (2018)

●[In English] Japanese Society of Allergology (JSA): Japanese guideline for occupational allergic disease (2014)