Sites with links to latex glove information.

Latex sensitisation in the health care setting (use of latex gloves). April 1996 - a PDF file containing the full text of the MDA's Device Bulletin into latex gloves and glove allergy.
• Nice summary on where latex comes from, by David Shaw
• FDA issues advisory on spontaneous combustion of latex gloves and storage advice.
• Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Board.
• FDA Medical Glove Powder Report (excellent document).

Sites with links to latex allergy.

• Paper on Latex Allergy by Amy J. Behrman, Director , Occupational Medicine, Asst. Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
• News postings about the Allegiance Healthcare lawsuit on Regent (Dec 97).
• Time Warner Pathfinder article on the Regent/Allegiance lawsuit.
• Beware latex gloves can cause asthma - UK report
• Contact Dermatitis Home Page.
• Stop the Sensitization - article on the Ansell site, from the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Kevin J. Kelly, MD, Gordon Sussman, MD, and Jordan N. Fink, MD,
• The Delaware Valley Latex Allergy Support Network - excellent summaries of latex allergy.
• Bandolier article on latex allergy - Implications for patients and health care workers.
• Latex allergy links, by Nancy A. Mitchell.
• Latex allergy and gloves - list of links by Nancy A. Mitchell.
• Press release (?) about the NIOSH alert on Work-Related Latex Allergy Recommends Steps to Reduce Exposures, , the NIOSH alert itself. and the NIOSH factsheet.
• Legislator seeks ban on latex gloves - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17th Oct 97.
• Dental News Digest article about Latex Sensitivity Test
• Latex Hypersensitivity: Its Prevalence Among Dental Professionals
• "Latex Allergy: its Basics and Clinical Cases" by Akira Akasawa

More information about Protein Assays.

• Excellent lecture notes by Prof. Wilbur Campbell (Dept. of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University) on Protein Assays as part of a series of lectures on Bichemistry Techniques.

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