Thank you so much Chris, very useful.
Kind regards
Wendy
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On 2 Feb 2012, at 16:48, Chris Packham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Wendy
>
> Anyone who requires protection against biological hazards could be
> considered an "essential user", since no other glove material equals latex
> for protection against these. There is still a lot of misinformation
> surrounding natural rubber latex gloves. If we are talking about single use
> gloves, then provided these are low free protein (<50 µg/g of glove) and
> unpowdered then the risk of anyone developing latex allergy is miniscule.
>
> To illustrate this, in Germany the standard single use examination glove in
> healthcare is natural rubber latex, unpowdered, low free protein, and in the
> words of Prof. Henning Allmers, an expert in this field, 'latex allergy is
> history'. In 2008 the Royal College of Physicians, jointly with NHS Plus,
> published the results of a study on this issue (Latex allergy - Occupational
> aspects of management - A national guideline). Essentially their conclusion
> was that there was no need to avoid natural rubber latex single-use gloves
> provided that these were unpowdered, low free protein. However, those with
> existing latex allergy who could not wear this type of glove should be
> provided with a non-latex alternative. One of the statements in their key
> findings and recommendations reads: “No reports of new cases of latex
> allergy arising from non-powdered low protein latex glove use were found.”
>
> Dr. John English, Consultant Dermatologist at Queen's Medical Centre,
> University of Nottingham, has written to me stating: “The latex allergy is
> over as we now have powder free and low release of NRL protein gloves in the
> NHS”
>
> I hope that this helps. If you need more just get in touch direct, as I have
> a large collection of studies, reports, etc. on this topic.
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Packham
> FRSPH, FInstSMM, MCMI, MIIRSM, MBICSc
> EnviroDerm Services
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