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	POLICY: The hospital staff will ensure that latex-sensitive patients will not come into contact with products made of latex. The perioperative nurse will identify the patient's allergies through the preoperative history and patient interview. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS: Latex exposure can cause a local allergic reaction. Symptoms of a local reaction might be itching, redness or urticaria. Latex exposure may cause a systemic anaphylactic reaction. A systemic reaction might manifest as difficulty in breathing, anxiety, palpitations, chest tightness and pain, hypotension, facial and peripheral...
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	...during the procedure: Monitor the conscious patient for rash, hives, eye tearing/itching, wheezing, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, faintness Monitor the anesthetized patient for rash, facial edema, urticaria, bronchospasm, laryngeal edema, hypotension, edema, skin flushing, tachycardia, cardiac arrest Injectable epinephrine and Benadryl will be readily available in the case of inadvertent exposure. Anesthesia is Responsible for: Replacing all anesthesia supplies containing...