Fingernail length as a predisposing factor for perforations of latex gloves: a simulated clinical experiment
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Latex medical gloves: time for a reappraisal.
Many hospitals have implemented policies to restrict or ban the use of devices made of natural rubber latex (NRL) in healthcare as precautionary measures against the perceived risk of NRL allergy. Changes in glove technology, progress in measuring the specific allergenic potential of gloves and a dramatic decrease in the prevalence of NRL allergies after interventions and education prompted us ...
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The Editor, I feel that Sawyer and Bennett (2006) imply that there is something intrinsically hazardous about natural rubber latex (NRL) gloves. The evidence shows this not to be the case. NRL gloves were used for many years in health care and laboratory work with only a rare incidence of latex allergy. The problem arose when the health care sector decided to adopt a policy of general glove use...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1020-3397,1687-1634
DOI: 10.26719/emhj.19.052