Who says latex allergy is over? »
A nurse in England who lost her job because of her latex allergy just received a six-figure payment from her former employee. A recent article in UK’s Yorkshire Post says Jacqueline Foxton developed the allergy in 2004, one year after she begun employment with Wakefield West Primary Care Trust.
The hospital did not have a latex policy in place [...]
UK latex allergy support group found »
Latex Allergy Links is an excellent resource for people who want to read the latest on latex allergy. The site includes everything from safety and health information to the latest labeling requirements for products using latex. Another site recently stumbled upon is a UK latex allergy support group called LATEX AWARE. Both these sites contain [...]
Medical Product Manufacturing News article on new guayule balloons »
TechDevice Corp. has introduced minimally invasive medical balloons made out of guayule. Medical Product Manufacturing News calls this a BREAKTHROUGH because now balloon catheters with desirable characteristics such as tensile strength and durability are available without the hevea latex health risk. See the article here.
Great article on guayule as an alternative for hospitals going latex-free »
Check out the full article on Wall Street Journal online.
Recent hospitals such as Johns Hopkins Hospital are getting rid of all latex gloves and almost all latex products. The article talks about hospitals going ‘latex-safe’ and the pros and cons associated with it. Here’s an excerpt:
“Johns Hopkins is also working with Maricopa, Ariz.-based Yulex Inc., [...]
Greenwire article discusses hospitals searching latex alternatives »
Guayule is in the news again! View article here: John Hopkins Eyes New Type of Latex.
Robert Hamilton, a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine provides information for the article. Excerpt here:
“Yulex’s trademark has great potential for catheters and other products where elasticity is important. He added that a domestically grown and [...]
