Hospitals that have chosen powder-free,low-protein latex gloves have demonstrated reductions in latex allergies andoccupational asthma.

Eryetha Mayberry, 96, who suffers from dementia, had latex gloves stuffed into her mouth at Quail Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Oklahoma, US.

The New South Wales Nurses Association has welcomed a decision to award compensation to a former south coast nurse who developed a severe allergy to latex.

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An NHS nurse who had to give up her career after developing an allergy to latex gloves was awarded unspecified damages in December last year in an out-of-court settlement ...

An HCA has won six-figure compensation from a hospital trust that put her life at risk by forcing her to wear latex gloves. HCA Tanya Dodd, 25, developed a type I allergy to latex that caused her to ...

Our country loves you. To our doctors and our nurses, I wear these latex gloves to tell every American to not be afraid," she shouted. -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired.

The Dancing On Ice star, 48, took extra safety precautions as she donned blue perspex gloves and a protective mask to drop off care packages at Hammersmith Hospital on Thursday.