Severely compromised supply of patch test allergens in Europe hampers adequate diagnosis of occupational and non-occupational contact allergy. A European Society of Contact Dermatitis (ESCD), European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) task forces 'Contact Dermatitis' and 'Occupational Skin Disease' position paper

Affiliations

• ¹ Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatological Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) and Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
• ² Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Allergology Division, Langen, Germany.
• ³ University Hospital Antwerp (UZA) and University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
• ⁴ Department of Dermatology, University Allergy Center, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, A.O.R.N. Antonio Cardarelli, Naples, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health and Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital "Duilio Casula", University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
• ⁷ Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, St. Josef Hospital, University Medical Center, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
• ⁸ Section of Dermatology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
• ⁹ Department of Occupational and Environmental Diseases, University Hospital of Centre of Paris, Hotel-Dieu Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
• ¹⁰ Section of Dermatology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa and Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
• ¹¹ Allergy Section, Marina Baixa Hospital, Villajoyosa, Spain.
• ¹² Department of Dermatology, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
• ¹³ Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany.
• ¹⁴ Laboratoire de Dermatochimie, University of Strasbourg, Institut Le Bel, Strasbourg, France.
• ¹⁵ Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
• ¹⁶ Department of Dermatology, Skaraborg Hospital, Skövde, Sweden.
• ¹⁷ Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
• ¹⁸ Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• ¹⁹ Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, Helsinki, Finland.
• ²⁰ Department of Dermatology, Montpellier University Hospital and Montpellier University, Montpellier, France.
• ²¹ Department of Dermatology-Allergology and Occupational Dermatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• ²² Department of Experimental Dermatology and Cosmetology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
• ²³ Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
• ²⁴ Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
• ²⁵ Allergy Unit, IBIMA-Regional University Hospital of Malaga, UMA, RETICS ARADyAL, BIONAND, Malaga, Spain.
• ²⁶ Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
• ²⁷ Department of Cutaneous Allergy, St. John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
• ²⁸ Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
• ²⁹ National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Skin and Allergy, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.