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la·tex
/ ˈlāˌteks/
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n.
(pl. la·tex·es
or lat·i·ces
/ ˈlatəˌsēz/ )
a milky fluid found in many plants, such as poppies and spurges, that exudes when the plant is cut and coagulates on exposure to the air. The latex of the rubber tree is the chief source of natural rubber.
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a synthetic product resembling this consisting of a dispersion in water of polymer particles, used to make paints, coatings, and other products.
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Latex-Safe Is Best Gloving Practice Against Latex Allergy, Molnlycke Says.
PR Newswire; 11/6/2006; 700+ words
; Latex-Safe, not Latex-Free, Surgical Gloves are the Best Glove Choice NORCROSS, Ga., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals and surgical centers should opt for latex-safe environment glove choices to decrease the risk of latex allergy...
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Latex bedding bounces back: niche product getting renewed attention.
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 11/18/1996; ; 700+ words
; HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Latex products are only a small fraction of the total...bedding manufacturers are offering some form of latex mattress -- national or regional lines, models with full latex cores or latex toppers over innersprings. Some...
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Latex allergy is hard to solve. (includes related articles)
Magazine article from: European Rubber Journal; 11/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; Canadians discuss progress in latex protein allergy, including how to produce low-protein latex, problems of sensitised health workers, and product labeling The growing problem of latex allergies has led to the search for a non...
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Latex allergies can affect any of us.
Magazine article from: Radiologic Technology; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Latex allergies are on the rise among health care...health care professionals were allergic to latex. By 1992 the figure had risen to 10...of health care workers are allergic to latex,[2] with predictions as high as 20...
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Latex-safe periop care
Magazine article from: Healthcare Traveler; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Latex allergy has become the second major cause of anaphylaxis during surgery. Learn how to keep your patients safe. Keywords * natural rubber latex (NRL) * latex allergy * anaphylaxis * immunoglobulin E (IgE) * atopy * spina bifida...
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Latex sensitivity and allergy: Fact and fiction
Magazine article from: British Journal of Theatre Nursing; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Health care workers (HCW) have a higher incidence of latex sensitivity than car maintenance workers! The wearing of latex gloves over several years increases the risk of developing latex allergy! All glove related skin reactions are due to latex...
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Latex gloves and the alternatives: careers can be saved by using non-latex products.(Laboratory Safety News)
Magazine article from: Laboratory Equipment; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...allergic reactions. Proteins in natural latex or accelerators used in manufacturing synthetic...or occupations. Allergic reactions to latex that emerged more than a decade ago in...we did ten years ago about the cause of latex protein allergy; government and industry...
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Latex allergy update: Is powder-free carefree?
Newspaper article from: Hospital Employee Health; 11/1/2004; 700+ words
; Latex allergy update: Is powder-free carefree? Fewer problems reported with improved gloves With low-protein, powder-free latex gloves available, has the issue of latex allergy been resolved? For some hospitals, changes in products...
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Latex allergy: Ignorance and avoidance are not bliss
Magazine article from: Dental Assistant; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; The increasing prevalence of latex allergy poses a threat to dental practices...an occupational issue. The problem of latex allergy, unforeseen at the beginning of...occupational health problem. Occupational latex allergy prevalence estimates vary from...
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Latex-allergic HCWs can keep their jobs; precautions, synthetics create safe workplace.(health care workers)
Newspaper article from: Hospital Employee Health; 11/1/2002; 700+ words
; Latex allergy doesn't have to cripple a health care worker...in clinical areas that once would have been rife with latex exposure. At Siloam Springs (AK) Memorial Hospital, a latex-allergic nurse works as director of the obstetrics...
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Latex
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Latex Background A latex is a colloidal suspension of very small polymer particles in water and...gloves, boots, and balloons) utilize more than half of all natural latex consumed in the United States. The adhesives industry is the second...
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latex
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
latex emulsion of a polymer...colloid ). Natural latexes are produced by a number...latexes. Synthetic latexes may be prepared in...natural and synthetic latexes are widely used, especially...production of rubber goods. Latex paints, sometimes...
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LaTeX
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
LaTeX A macro package built on top of TeX . LaTeX implements a form of descriptive markup system, in which the...ensuring uniformity of appearance and conformity to house style. LaTeX hides much of the complication of TeX from the user, and is...
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Balloon
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...established near Paris in 1803. Natural latex is a mixture of small globules of rubber...separate from the watery portion of the latex, eventually forming an elastic, solid...process for creating products by pouring latex over molds or dipping molds into a latex...
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Condom
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...are 2-3%. Most condoms are made of latex rubber, but they can also be made from...virtually eliminated with the use of a latex condom. With the government touting the...there are few differences among the many latex condoms available on the market today...
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