Natural rubber latex: a matter of concern for nurses
2008 (English)In: AORN Journal, ISSN 0001-2092, E-ISSN 1878-0369, Vol. 88, no 2, p. 197-210Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
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.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Denver, CO: Elsevier, 2008. Vol. 88, no 2, p. 197-210
Keywords [en]
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Emergency Nursing/education, Gloves, Protective, Humans, Incidence, Latex Hypersensitivity/epidemiology/*nursing, Middle Aged, Nurses/*psychology, Occupational Diseases/*nursing, Questionnaires, Sweden/epidemiology, Young Adult
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-3372DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2008.02.003PubMedID: 18722836Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-49649117426OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-3372DiVA, id: diva2:300189
2010-02-252009-12-012018-03-23Bibliographically approved