Latex allergy: A strategy for management

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 774-781

  Dakin, M J ^a   Yentis, S M ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy, latex; Protocol, risk management

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; LATEX;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031816842     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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