ACDS CAMP

American Contact Dermatitis Society

About this app

CAMP (contact allergy management program) is a database provided by the American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS) which is designed to help patients with allergic contact dermatitis find personal care products that are free of the ingredients that are causing their allergic reactions. Each list generated is personalized for the patient. The list is not exhaustive, but is an excellent starting point for patients to find products that will relieve their allergic reactions.

The CAMP app is designed to allow patients to carry their own personalized list of up to 5000 "safe" products on their phone in an easy-to-use and sort format. The CAMP app makes shopping for allergen-free products simple!

In order to use the CAMP app, patients must first obtain their individualized "safe" product list and user ID codes from a participating ACDS physician.

The CAMP app is designed to access the CAMP database so that the patient’s safe product list is displayed on their phone. The list can then be sorted by product type, brand name or product name. There is also a search function to help search for products using specific criteria. Favorite products can be chosen and displayed. The app also displays a list of specific allergens which the patient needs to avoid.

Ratings and reviews

While it's useful, there are 100+ ways this app could be improved. Largest one being that there's no way to know which products youre just typing wrong, or they don't have in the system vs products you're allergic to. It just doesn't show up on your safe list. The allergen list also doesn't expand to tell you which products that ingredient would normally be in, or what else it could be listed as.

This could be a great app (and used to be). There is a bug in the app that removes the brand's name before a colon. If we don't know the brand, how do we know what to purchase? I was a software engineer for 15 years. The solution should not take long to implement! I'd pay for this app, if it worked correctly. One solution... strip the colons from the data file before loading the it into the app. The other solution is to change the app so it handles colons correctly.

I like that the app allows you to always have a list of your allergens since they can be difficult to remember. I wish you could add allergens. Patch testing at one office showed 3 allergens, repeat testing at a different office (original office stopped patch testing) showed 4 new allergens and none of the previous ones. Even though the old are not currently reactive I would still like to avoid them to be safe.

What's new

Version 1.0.1: Fixed issue where app would crash after entering login codes