Creating a latex-safe environment: Riddle Memorial Hospital's response to protect patients and employees

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-198

  Jezierski, Marlene ^a,b  

^a Mercy/Unity Hospitals ^*  (United States)

^b Mercy Unity Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; POLICY;

HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LATEX; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 0031110090     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-1767(97)90119-7     Document Type: Article

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3. American Nurses Association. Latex allergy: workplace information series. Washington, DC: The Association, 1996.
4. Emory University System of Health Care, Crawford Long Hospital of Emory University Hospital and Clinic [based on guidelines published by the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology]. Natural rubber latex allergy: guidelines for allergic patients. Atlanta (GA): Emory University.
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6. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. Latex-containing devices [proposed rule]. Federal Register 1996;61(122):1-11.