Maryland To avoid potentially life threatening allergic reactions, school health programs should review their use of latex gloves. In many schools, latex gloves are being used inappropriately.
Numerous advisories point out dangers of latex gloves.
High-latex protein content powered gloves are the most dangerous. Students with known latex allergy, Spina Bifida, and other myelodysplasias are at highest risk. Health care workers or others who repeatedly wear latex gloves are at increasing risk. Many hospitals including Johns Hopkins and Scottish Rite Hospitals have eliminated the use of latex gloves. Latex gloves are the most common cause of latex allergies and severe latex allergic reactions.