title: Natural rubber latex: a matter of concern for nurses.
abstract: During the past 20 years, the use of protective gloves in health care has increased, as have hypersensitivity reactions to the natural rubber latex (NRL) used in glove manufacture. A study was conducted to determine what nurses who work in environments in which NRL is commonly used know about NRL, including their education about and experience with NRL-related allergies. Nurses replied to a questionnaire with 20 statements pertaining to NRL and NRL-related allergies. The results showed that the nurses had inadequate knowledge about NRL, but nurses in a specialty training program scored significantly higher than professionally active nurses.
authors: School of Social and Health Sciences, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden.
authors: Ing-Marie
authors: IM
authors: Bundesen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education; D017575:Gloves, Protective; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D020315:Latex Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult