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  • Government of Canada makes key investments in world-class Atlantic Canadian R&D projects
    Canada NewsWire Mar 31 2006
  • Act now to strengthen WCB compensation for latex allergies
    Bulletin British Columbia Nurses' Union Mar 15 2006
  • Don't wait, use EpiPen, new guidelines say
    by Elaine Carey The Toronto Star Toronto, ON, Canada Feb 24 2006
  • New national guidelines for treating and preventing life-threatening allergic reactions
    Canada NewsWire Source: Anaphylaxis Canada Feb 22 2006
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  • Board reviews anaphylaxis policy
    by Troy Patterson Lucknow Sentinel Lucknow, ON Feb 08 2006
  • Member's Correspondence: A Look At Latex Allergy PDF
    by Kathy Morris, RN News and Views British Columbia Operating Room Nurses Group Newsletter Feb 2006
  • Latex Database PDF
    Health & Safety Update Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia (OHSAH) Vol 3 Issue 1 Jan 25 2006
  • Halloween and your skin
    8 tips to keep your skin from becoming ghoulish by SkinCareGuide.ca
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  • Students must use latex-free products
    by Eliza Barlow The Brandon Sun Brandon, Manitoba Aug 09 2005
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    • What to know about latex
      by Don Green The Brandon Sun Brandon, Manitoba Aug 11 2005
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  • Annual Accessibility Plan for Quinte Health Care
    Quinte Health Care Ontario, Canada Sep 2004 - Aug 2005
  • United Nurses of Alberta
    • Unsafe Staffing, Latex Hazards PDF
      NewsBulletin Vol 29 No 2 Mar/Apr 2005
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      Newsletter #2 Local 33 Mar 2005
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    • Latex - An Occupational Hazard PDF
  • New Cosmetic Labels Offer Applied Reading
    by Gail Johnson Georgia Straight Vancouver, British Columbia Dec 16 2004 [briefly mentions latex]
  • Latex-Safe Initiative - General Information PDF
    Medical Directive 04-04 Dec 09 2004
  • Safety committee summarizes its work
    Daily Bulletin University of Waterloo, Ontario Nov 15 2004
  • Latex Allergy Awareness PDF
    E-News Health Care Corporation of St. John's - St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Jul 05 2004
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  • Latex Allergies PDF
    Physician's Guide 2004: Blood and Blood Product Utilization British Columbia Provincial Blood Coordinating Office
  • Improving patient safety in hospitals focus of new OHA program
    Canada NewsWire Source: Ontario Hospital Association Aug 23 2004
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  • Falling Out Of Glove - Exposure To Latex Can Make Protection Turn Bitter
    The Health and Safety Report Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Vol 2 Issue 7 Jul 2004
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  • Latex Allergies, Part 1 PDF
    Developed by the pharmacy at Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CHUQ)
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  • Latex Allergies, Part 2 PDF
    Developed by the pharmacy at Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CHUQ)
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  • OHA Patient Safety Initiatives Will Continue to Support the Directions Set by the Canadian Adverse Events Study
    Canada NewsWire May 22 2004
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  • Health News for Hairdressers PDF
    Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Toronto, ON Jan 2004
  • Latex Allergies: Endangering Life and Work PDF
    Front Lines Manitoba Nurses' Union Issue 6 Winter 2003
  • Health and Safety Manual PDF
    Ottawa Health Research Institute Revised Sep 2003
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  • Nonlatex Gloves - Preventing Allergic Raections Guideline PDF
    City of Hamilton Hamilton, ON Aug 10 2003
  • Common Allergies in the Workplace PDF
    ESAO (Education Safety Association of Ontario Inc.) 2003 conference session by Kathryn Nichol, BScN, MHSc May 29 2003
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  • Safety and Wellness: How are Your Hands Holding Up? PDF
    infocus Fraser Health Authority New Westminster, BC Vol 2 No 9 May 16 2003
  • IHA drops use of latex gloves
    by John McDonald Kelowna Capital News Kelowna, BC Apr 21 2003
  • Allergic to work? Maybe it is the job you do
    Occupational allergies by Ann Kerr National Post Mar 29 2003
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  • Understanding Allergic Reaction PDF
    by Norma Ramage Occupational Health & Safety Magazine Alberta Human Resources and Employment Vol 26 No 1 Jan 2003
  • Latex Gloves PDF
    by Violet Stringer Developmentally Speaking Ontario Public Service Employees Union Winter 2003
  • Hand Protection PDF
    Personal Protective Equipment Requirements in Photographic Processing Facilities for Canada Eastman Kodak Company, 2002
  • Hair and Nails PDF
    by Jeff Day and Juliet Kershaw Occupational Health & Safety Magazine Government of Alberta Vol 25 No 2 May 2002
  • Cross-contact with natural rubber latex PDF
    Food Allergen Labelling Position Paper Anaphylaxis Canada May 09 2002
  • Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare in BC (OHSAH)
    • Health & Safety News PDF
      Vol 5 Issue 3 Oct 2003
    • Latex in Healthcare PDF
      A Guide to Latex Sensitivity and the Latex Database
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    • Health & Safety News PDF
      Vol 5 Issue 2 Jul 2003
    • Health & Safety News PDF
      Vol 1 Issue 5 Apr 2003
    • Latex Identification Project
    • Search the Latex Database
    • Health & Safety News PDF
      Vol 4 Issue 2 Dec 2002
    • Latex - What do you know? PDF
      Poster
    • Health & Safety News PDF
      Vol 4 Issue 1 Feb 2002
    • Health & Safety News PDF
      Vol 2 Issue 1 Feb 2000
  • Environmental Sensitivity Policy
    New Brunswick Community College - Saint John, NB
  • Latex Allergies PDF
    New Brunswick Nurses Union
  • Health & Safety Manual for Hospitality Workers PDF and Health & Safety Manual for Health Care Workers PDF
    Canadian Auto Workers
  • Latex Allergies PDF
    Occupational Health & Safety Manual Health Sciences Association of Alberta Archived version
  • Latex: a hypersensitive issue
    ReSource Lines Workers Health & Safety Centre (WHSC) Don Mills, ON Fall 2001
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  • Day Nurseries Digest PDF
    Porcupine Health Unit newsletter Northeastern ON Fall 2001 Archived version
  • Guidelines for Latex and Other Gloves PDF
    Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association Newsletter Regina, SK Vol 22 No 4 Sep 2001
  • Gloves to Fit the Occasion PDF
    Infection Control Newsletter University Health Network Vol 9 No 9 Jun 2001
  • Latex Allergies PDF
    Capital Health Edmonton, Alberta Reviewed Dec 2003
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    Handbook 2002/2003 G.H. Ferguson Public School Cochrane, ON Archived version
  • Guidelines for Latex and Other Gloves
    Saskatchewan Labour's Occupational Health & Safety Division May 2001
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  • Latex can cause occupational illness - it can even kill
    Hot Spots British Columbia Nurses' Union Archived version
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  • Latex Allergies
    Grandy's River Collegiate
  • Question and Answer: Working with Latex gloves PDF
    Focus on Occupational Health and Safety MFL Occupational Health Centre Winnipeg, MB Vol 12 No 3 Apr 2000
  • Meeting about Latex Allergies
    Contact Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) Vol 1 Jan 2000
  • Guidelines for Tattooing PDF
    Communicable Disease Control Health Protection and Safety British Columbia Ministry of Health Reprinted Nov 1999
  • Preventing & Reducing Latex Allergies PDF
    Health Care Health & Safety Association (HCHSA) of Ontario Revised Mar 2003
  • Natural Rubber Latex Allergy Update
    "Don't let Latex Irritate You" by Lilia R. Faustino, RN, BSN, CPN(C) Canadian Operating Room Nursing Journal Jun 1999 Archived version
  • The Safe Zone: Adverse Reactions to Latex PDF
    Dalhousie University Environmental Health & Safety Office Halifax, Nova Scotia May 1999
  • Natural rubber latex
    Principles and Methods/Assessing Allergic Hypersensitization Associated with Exposure to Chemicals (EHC 212, 1999) IPCS INCHEM
  • Latex Allergy: Risk for Urology Patients
    by Loretta Jarrell, RN, M Sc Pipeline Urology Nurses of Canada Jan 1999
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  • Latex Sensitivity
    Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society of Ontario
  • Latex Allergies
    by Joan MacDonald, RN The Chronicle Archived version
  • Special Report: Latex Allergy PDF
    by Lucille Auger FIIQ Actualités Fédération des infirmièeres et infirmiers du Québec Vol 9 No 2 Dec 1998
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  • Latex Products
    City of Toronto Council and Committees Aug 13 1998
  • Local 70 urges proactive approach to latex
    Ontario Nurses' Association Newsletter May/Jun 1998 Archived version
  • Latex Allergy
    Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Nov 18 1997
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  • Allergie au latex
    Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail 18 nov 1997
  • Latex Allergy PDF
    Frank Cowan Company Limited Nov 1997
  • Latex Gloves PDF
    by Gordon Weir Safety Scribe University of Alberta Office of Environmental Health and Safety Edmonton, AB Vol 11 No 4 Summer 1997
  • Surgeon's gloves under scrutiny
    Discovery Channel Canada Jun 16 1997
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  • Overreaction
    by Bruce Rolston The Bulletin University of Toronto Jan 20 1997
  • Gloves & Food Safety
    FOODSAFE Province of British Columbia
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  • Dealing with "latex allergies" at work PDF
    Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia 1997
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  • Latex Gloves/Health Care Workers
    CAW Health, Safety and Environment Newsletter Canadian Auto Workers Nov 1995 also see Latex Factsheet
  • Hypersensitivity to Latex PDF
    Workplace Health & Safety Bulletin Alberta Human Resources & Employment Jan 1995 Archived version
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  • Guidelines for Latex Glove Users
    Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety Sep 21 1994
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  • Natural Rubber Latex Allergy
    A Guideline for Allergic Patients Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1994
  • Allergie au Latex Naturel
    Guide à l'intention des personnes allergiques Société Canadienne d'Allergie et d'Immunologie Clinique 1994
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  • Hazard Bulletin: Latex Sensitivity
    Prepared by Workers Health & Safety Centre (WHSC) Ontario, Canada
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  • Health Canada | Santé Canada
    • Guidance for the Labelling of Medical Devices, Section 21 to 23 of the Medical Devices Regulations, Appendices for Labelling: Prolonged Wear Contact Lenses, Menstrual Tampons, Contraceptive Devices, and Medical Gloves (Draft)
      Archived version
    • Interim Policy on Latex Gloves
      Mar 09 1999 Archived version
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    • Canada Communicable Disease Report PDF
      Supplement Infection Control Guidelines Hand Washing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care Vol 24S8 Dec 1998
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    • Latex Allergy Update PDF
      Medical Devices Bulletin Vol 4 No 1 Spring/Summer 1998
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    • Latex Allergy Project Update PDF
      Medical Devices Bulletin Vol 1 No 2 Fall 1995
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    • Latex Allergy Project PDF
      Medical Devices Bulletin Vol 1 No 1 Spring 1995
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    • Allergie Au Latex Naturel
      Guide à l'intention des personnes allergiques Le présent guide a été préparé par la Société Canadienne d'Allergie et d'Immunologie Clinique, qui tient à souligner la contribution du Groupe d'étude sur I'allergie au latex du Bureau des matériels médicaux (Santé Canada) juillet 1994
    • Alert #99 Allergic Reactions To Latex in Medical Devices
      Jul 17 1991
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  • Canadian Latex Allergy Association Newsletters
    • Spring 1996 Vol 8
      Archived version
    • Winter 1996 Vol 7
      Archived version
    • Autumn 1995 Vol 6
      Archived version
    • Summer 1995 Vol 5
      Archived version
    • Spring 1995 Vol 4
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    • Winter 1995 Vol 3
      Archived version
    • Autumn 1994 Vol 2
      Archived version
    • Spring 1994 Vol 1
      Archived version


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