FDA Clears Glove Made From New Type of Latex May 12, 2008
Use of gloves has long been part of the universal precautions to protect clinical lab personnel, phlebotomists, and other health care workers from exposure to blood-borne pathogens. But an estimated three percent to 22 percent of all health care workers are sensitized to traditional latex gloves made from the milky sap of a rubber tree containing a protein that may trigger allergic reactions from mild to severe, especially after prolonged and repeated contact.
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