The Editor, I feel that Sawyer and Bennett (2006) imply that there is something intrinsically hazardous about natural rubber latex (NRL) gloves. The evidence shows this not to be the case. NRL gloves were used for many years in health care and laboratory work with only a rare incidence of latex allergy. The problem arose when the health care sector decided to adopt a policy of general glove use...

When handling unsealed radioactive sources, radiological protection attention must be taken to avoid unnecessary exposure and contaminations, an important necessary practice prevent such contaminations is the use of gloves when these sources. The present work aimed determine effectiveness contamination provided by different types disposable polymeric used in Nuclear Medicine Service Clinic Hosp...

INTRODUCTION Latex allergy is common in the hospital setting. OBJETIVE To describe the clinical situation of three pediatric interns with latex allergy and the prevention strategies implemented during clinical clerkships in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units. PATIENTS, METHODS, AND OUTCOMES The three interns referred symptom exacerbation during their internship program. Diagnosis w...

A 21-year-old male was admitted to the emergency department with bleeding skin burns. He had been exposed to 70% hydrofluoric acid (HF) through his nitrile hand gloves during an etching glass procedure at work. He had painful lesions, which included bleeding skin abrasions due to seconddegree burns on the first and second fingertips on the right hand, and white spots on the left first finger, w...

With their highly sensitive olfactory system, the behaviour and physiology of mice are not only influenced by the scents of conspecifics and other species, but also by many other chemicals in the environment. The constraints of laboratory housing limit a mouse's capacity to avoid aversive odours that could be present in the environment. Potentially odorous items routinely used for husbandry pro...