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4 Ways to Fend off the Latex Threat
Understanding the cause is only the beginning. You need to take a critical look at your gloves and other supplies, too.
Dianne Taylor, Contributing Editor

When the nurse entered the OR at Lancaster General Hospital as a patient, her hysterectomy went off without a hitch. But during recovery, her blood pressure suddenly dropped, she had trouble breathing and she lost consciousness. Chest scans revealed nothing. Abdominal scans revealed nothing. The patient was slipping away, and the team was perplexed. Then, a miracle happened: Some-one removed her Foley catheter and, within hours, the patient was walking and talking.

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