Airborne particles from latex gloves in the hospital environment

European Journal of Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 163, Issue 579, 1997, Pages 31-33

  Newsom, S W B ^a,b,d   Shaw, Peggy ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital air; Hypersensitivity; Latex proteins; Starch particles

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL GLOVE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BED; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; PILOT STUDY; POWDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT;

ALLERGEN; LATEX; STARCH;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; BACTERIA; BEDS; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LATEX; OPERATING ROOMS; PILOT PROJECTS; POWDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; STARCH;

EID: 0030610978     PISSN: 1102416X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. Hunt LW, Fransway AF, Reed CE, et al. An epidemic of occupational allergy to latex involving Healthcare workers. J Occup Environ Med 1995; 37: 1204-1209.
2. Baur K, Jäger A. Airborne antigens from latex gloves. Lancet 1990; 335: 912.