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Health care worker disability due to latex allergy and asthma: a cost analysis.

Author(s) -

Victoria Phillips,

Michael A. Goodrich,

Terri-Lynn Sullivan

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.7.1024

Subject(s) - latex allergy , medicine , environmental health , asthma , health care , occupational medicine , medical emergency , allergy , occupational exposure , economics , immunology , economic growth

The reported prevalence of occupational allergy to natural rubber latex is 8% to 17%, and that of latex-induced occupational asthma is 2.5% to 6%. Conversion of medical facilities to "latex-safe" can reduce employee sensitization, impairment, and disability. The purpose of this study was to determine the cost of a latex-safe approach, compared with that of continued latex glove use, and to identify the level of worker disability required to make the latex-safe approach financially preferable to a health care institution.

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