Prevention of pathological reactions to the material of gloves as a factor of medical personnel safety. Economic aspects of choice

Occurrence of the adverse reactions to latex gloves among operating doctors is caused by the statistically unverified structure, underestimation on the issue by epidemiologists and not rational approach to hospital purchases. The article shows that the accurate assessment and structuring of the medical professionals’ needs, simple clinical-economic analysis and knowledge of the Russian market of gloves allows to find the best solution of the allergy to latex issue for every hospital despite its level of financing

Authors: Volkova O. I. [2]

Tags: allergic dermatitis1 allergodermia1 allergy to latex1 allergy to protein1 clinical-economic analysis2 medcom-mp2 medical personnel safety1 neoprene1 safety of medical activities2 simple contact dermatitis1 simple dermatitis contact1 synthetic surgical gloves1