Hair Salon owners warned: failure to prevent dermatitis could threaten your business.

M2 Presswire, December, 2006

M2 PRESSWIRE-13 December 2006-UK Government: Hair Salon owners warned: failure to prevent dermatitis could threaten your business(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21122006 Salon owners are being warned that unless they change their working practices they could lose their best staff to dermatitis.

The Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) 'Bad Hand Day?' campaign has a stark message for the industry: look after your employees' hands or suffer the financial consequences. Dermatitis is caused not only by exposure to products like shampoo or colours but also by prolonged wet-work; leaving sufferers with hands that are dry, red, flaky, cracked, itchy, and blistered, making normal activities very difficult. According to Habia, the body which oversees...