Latex allergy

1. Latex Allergy Links collected by ELASTIC, the Education for Latex Allergy / Support Team and Information Coalition
2. ALERT American Latex Allergy Association's links
3. immune.com latex allergy links and Rubber Room natural rubber latex allergy discussion online
4. Management of Latex Allergies and Safe Latex Use in Health Care Facilities by Gordon Sussman, M.D. and Milton Gold, M.D. for American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 85 West Algonquin Road, Suite 550, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, Phone: (847) 427-1200, Fax: (847) 427-1294
5. Latex allergy may be seen as the latest ‘issue’; but it isn’t going to just go away by Chris Wheatley BSc FIOT RODP (FAETC I&II) Senior Critical Care Clinical Technologist ICU, Stoke Mandeville Hospital Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 8AL UK


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6. Key Steps for Reducing Latex Allergy Sustainable Hospitals project, University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
7. Latex AllergyAsthma and Allergy Information and Research (AAIR), Leicester Branch of the Midlands Asthma and Allergy Research Association (MAARA), a Registered Charity, 12 Vernon St, Derby, U.K.; Medical Advisor Dr. Martin Stern, Consultant Clinical Immunologist at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester and at Leicester Royal Infirmary
8. Latex Allergy Questions & Answers American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
9. Premier hospital group purchasing: History of latex allergies, Products containing latex, Routes of latex exposure, Latex allergy immune response, Signs and symptoms of latex allergy, Diagnosing a latex allergy, Prevention and control strategies, Colored gloves, Management of allergic reactions, Responsibilities of employers, Guidelines for workers with suspected latex allergies


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10. Latex Containing Hospital Products
1. New Jersey Hospital Association latex containing hospital products
2. Spina Bifida Association latex containing hospital products and latex free alternatives, spina bifida patients have a high risk of latex allergy
3. UK Latex Allergy List
11. Latex Safe Crash carts or emergency carts
1. Melissa Kaplan's Chronic Neuroimmune Diseases Information on CFS, FM, MCS, and more... Latex-Safe Emergency Cart Products List
2. Crash Cart ALERT Inc. American Latex Allergy Association


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12. Medications and Medication Stoppers
1. Medications, follow the links in the box in the upper right corner
2. Latex Management For Preparing and Dispensing Medications Vanderbilt University Nashville TN
13. Gloves
1. Selecting The Right Glove: Understanding Latex Allergy And Glove Chemistry By Edward Lehrman, MD (written ~August 29, 1996)
2. Glove University comprehensive glove information from a glove vender
3. Guidance for Industry and FDA - Medical Glove Guidance Manual Draft Guidance – Not for Implementation - Draft released for comment on July 30th, 1999, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration


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14. Henry Ford Hospital Detroit Michigan hospital-wide latex allergy policy
15. Policy Framework and Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Latex Allergy in NSW Public Health Services Australia
16. UK Bandolier latex allergy, Bandolier is a print and Internet journal about health care, using evidence-based medicine techniques
17. UK Health Safety Executive: Patient safety, Infection control, GP practice, Primary care, Residential care, Accident/ emergency, Ambulance service, Occupational health, Dental practices, Outpatients/ assessment, Operating theatres, Hospital wards, Laboratory, Food Service, Housekeeping
18. Allergy Society of South African latex allergy
19. Vanderbilt U Nashville TN Latex allergy policies: VUMC Policy, Outpatient Policy, IV Therapy, Nutrition, Operative Services, Pharmacy, Respiratory Therapy, Purchasing, Staff Education Patient Care Information Latex Free Product Procurement


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20. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Latex Allergy Resources
21. Operating Room/Perioperative
1. American Society of Anesthesiologists
2. American Association Nurse Anesthetists
3. AORN Association of periOperative Nurses
1. 2003 AORN proposed latex allergy standard
2. Home study update Latex Allergy Healthcare Personnel
3. AORN 1998 latex allergy standard
4. Vanderbilt U Nashville TN
5. Cleveland Clinic Gary Kantor, MD, Anesthesiology, last updated 1998
6. Jim Smithers' RN University of Rochester NY
7. Latex-safe periop care Terri Metules, RN, BSN, CCRN, Drexel University CE RN, March 2003
8. Latex Allergy Patient Protocol Pat Davidson, Sandpoint, Idaho, 10/2/98


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22. Regent Medical step by step guide to developing, implementing, critiquing and improving latex allergy policies
23. Anaphylaxis Management
1. UK Anaphylaxis Resuscitation Algorithms
1. Anaphylaxis Adults in Hospital
2. Anaphylaxis Children in Hospital
3. Anaphylaxis Adults in Community
4. Anaphylaxis Children in Community
2. Anaphylaxis Diagnosis and Management comprehensive guideline from Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. The diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1998 Jun;101(6 Pt 2):S465-S528. [337 references]

Nursing Education

1. University of California at Davis Policy: Latex Allergic Patient Care Patient Care Standards Quiz
2. Nurse Continuing Ed allergies on line 8 contact hour course

Occupational Allergy

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