title: Latex sensitivity: a public health care challenge.
abstract: Latex sensitivity is becoming epidemic in the health care arena. Providers of health care need to be aware of the signs and symptoms, the treatments, and the consequences of latex sensitive reactions. In this article, I will provide information about latex sensitivities that will enable health care workers and their patients to have a better understanding of the phenomena. Resource information is provided for the latest information pertaining to latex sensitivities to aid in the education of health care providers and their patients.
authors.affiliation: CNS Surgical Services, Sparrow Health System, Lansing, MI 48909, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bartlett
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020315:Latex Hypersensitivity; D011637:Public Health Nursing