Some manual resuscitation bags, face masks, and nasal airways contain latex, so consult with a respiratory therapist about using plastic airway supplies. If you use a latex tourniquet when you start an I.V., place the tourniquet on top of cloth, not directly on the patient's skin. Connect I.V. directly to the catheter, rather than accessing the system through an intermittent injection plug. When piggybacking medications, use stopcocks to provide an access port to the system. Syringes and medication vials.
Plastic syringes contain latex at the end of the plunger.
An interaction with the drug may allow latex particles to be injected into the patient along with the drug. If you need to draw up a medication from one of these vials, remove the medication stopper and draw up the dose directly from the vial. Cloth adhesive tape. Substitute paper tape. Catheters and enteral tubing.