The "Clinical Snapshot" series provides a concise examination of a clinical presentation including history, treatment, patient education, and nursing measures. Using the format here, you are invited to submit your "Clinical Snapshot" to Dermatology Nursing.

Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is common in today's population with over 72 million people suffering with this diagnosis in 2004 (Jacob & Steele, 2006). The gold standard procedure to diagnose ACD is patch testing in which chemicals are applied to the patient and evaluated by a contact dermatitis specialist to establish the culprit cause of the patient's allergy. In the United States there are two commercially available ...