Latex Allergy

Details

• Personal Author:
  Beezhold, Donald H. ; Tarlo SM ; Vandenplas O
• Description:
  Natural rubber latex (NRL) allergy was clearly identified in 1979 in Europe (1) and in 1989 in North America (2,3), although adverse reactions to natural rubber materials had occasionally been described earlier (4). Over the past 15 years, NRL has been increasingly acknowledged as a major cause of IgE-mediated allergy in occupational and nonoccupational environments (5,6). NRL materials can cause a wide spectrum of immediate hypersensitivity reactions, ranging from mild urticaria to extensive angioedema and life-threatening anaphylaxis after cutaneous, mucosal, or visceral exposure. In addition, it has been shown that NRL proteins can bind onto glove powder and can then act as airborne allergens causing rhinitis and asthma (7). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Hypersensitivity Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Allergens Allergies Bronchial-asthma Gloves Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health
• ISBN:
  9780824729776
• Publisher:
  Taylor & Francis Group
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  437-461
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030412
• Citation:
  Asthma in the workplace and related conditions, third edition. Bernstein IL, Chan-Yeun M, Malo JL, Bernstein DI, eds. New York: Taylor and Francis Group, 2006 Jan; :437-461
• Editor(s):
  Bernstein IL; Chan-Yeung M; Malo JL; Bernstein DI
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Asthma in the workplace and related conditions, third edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c95eb2777aaf44e97d7b2236737fc2b0d9642b594df2e5bcc227841ce450a518aca836e5432ef140c11e0b8e4fa3caf8810fb5e257269c4eb658f255874c5d3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191047/cdc_191047_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.87 MB ]