Managing Patients With a Latex Allergy
JAMA Performance Improvement: Do No Harm
English - January 17, 2017 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB - ★★★★ - 23 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science medicine jama jamanetwork performanceimprovement Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Latex allergy is common and usually benign but at times can be life-threatening. What can clinicians do to minimize the risk of serious complications attributable to latex allergy? We interview Cynthia Barnard, PhD, MBA, MSJS, and Erin Slade-Smith, MSN, RN, CNOR, both from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and David W. Baker, MD, MPH, FACP, from The Joint Commission, to shed light on this serious issue.
Article discussed in this episode: Management of a Patient With a Latex Allergy