ALLERGIE AU LATEX : ENCORE UN DÉFI?
Résumé
Bien que l’utilisation des produits en latex date d’au-delà d’un siècle, les réactions allergiques aux protéines du latex ne sont reconnues en tant que grave problème de santé que depuis les 15 dernières années.1 En 1987, quand l’Occupational Health and Safety Admin- istration (OSHA) a instauré ses précautions universelles, le besoin des gants d’examen a vu une augmentation importante. Parce que tout le monde qui venait en contact avec le sang ou d’autres liquides organiques était maintenant obligé de se protéger les mains, le nombre de paires de gants utilisées par année, moins d’un milliard en 1987, a atteint 20 milliards de paires par année en 1996.2 La sensibilisation au latex est le résultat de l’exposition aux protéines du latex au fil du temps et, même si les taux de sensibilisation documentés varient, il est estimé que 8 à 12 % des travailleurs de la santé ont une sensibilisation au latex.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
Meade, B. J., Weissman, D. N., & Beezhold, D. H. (2002). Latex allergy past and present. InternationalImmunopharmacology. 2, 225 – 238.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (1997). Preventing allergic reactions to natural rubber latex in the workplace.
American Society of Anesthesiologists. (1999). Natural rubber latex allergy: Considerations for anesthesiologists.
Ibid.
