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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

FEBRERO 2006 N° 1 Volumen 9

Action procedure for allergic patients to latex in the hospital surroundings

Section: Hands on

How to quote

Cabanelas González B, rodríguez Vázquez A, Otero Méndez S, Criado Guerrero B, Iglesias fernández P. Procedimiento de actuación con pacientes alérgicos al látex en el entorno hospitalario. Metas de Enferm feb 2006; 9(1): 8-13

Authors

1Beatriz Cabanelas González, 2Andrea Rodríguez Vázquez, 3Susana Otero Méndez, 4Mª Belén Criado Guerrero, 5Patricia Iglesias Fernández

Position

1Diplomada en Enfermería. Directora de Enfermería. Fundación Pública Hospital Virxe da Xunqueira.2Diplomada en Enfermería. Coordinadora de Formación. Fundación Pública Hospital Virxe da Xunqueira.3Diplomada en Enfermería. Miembro del Servicio de Mellora da Calidade. Fundación Pública Hospital Virxe da Xunqueira.4Diplomada en Enfermería. Supervisora del Bloque Quirúrgico. Fundación Pública Hospital Virxe da Xunqueira.5Diplomada en Enfermería. Supervisora de Hospitalización. Fundación Pública Hospital Virxe da Xunqueira.

Contact address

Hospital Virxe da Xunqueira. Recheo, s/n. 15270 Cee, A Coruña.

Abstract

The quantity of people whom actually show sensitivity to latex exposure had increased of considerable way. It´s favoured, in our daily life, by the fact of the almost continual touch with products that contains gum materials. The specific hospital setting is a loaded environment of all kind of equipment capable to cause a reaction in latex allergic patients. For this reason is necessary to give a secure care in view of this possibility. The last is the motive because is necessary to make this suitable action procedure.
The “latex allergic patients” procedure structure to fit himself in the systematic of protocols and procedures elaboration valid in the Virxe da Xunqueira Hospital. This procedure was approved by Management Staff and by the Improvement Quality Service of our hospital. Over the elaboration of this procedure we met with some problems concerning to the scanty bibliography about the latex matter and so we had troubles to know the precise composition of several necessary equipment used to give care to the patients.

Keywords:

Allergy; latexoperating room

Versión en Español

Título:

Procedimiento de actuación con pacientes alérgicos al látex en el entorno hospitalario