Re: Re: Latex AllergyWhat Is It?

March 23, 2008

Many hospital have gone latex free even the small local ones!! This was in

the Baltimore Examiner newspaper 1/16/08

Hopkins Abandons its Own Brainchild: The Latex Glove

Halsted, s Hopkins Hospital's first surgeon in chief,

developed latex gloves in 1894.

Now, in an effort to make medical care safer for patients and health care

workers with latex allergies, s Hopkins has become " latex safe " by ending

use of latex gloves and almost all medical latex products.

" It's only fitting that JH takes the initiative to promoting alternatives, "

said s Hopkins anesthesiologist Dr. H. Brown, who chairs the

hospital's Latex Task Force.

Studies show that roughly 6 percent of the general population and up to 15

percent of health care workers are allergic to latex, with the higher rate

among medical personnel due to longer periods of contact with natural rubber.

GEE,any one here get these symptoms of anaphylaxis that test negitive

to mold allergies?

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