Know How to Keep Patients With a Latex Allergy Safe
October 2026
You can help guard patients with a latex allergy against accidental exposure.
The concern is with latex from natural rubber, which is in some vial stoppers, syringe plungers, pens, needle hubs, etc...not the med itself.
For example, the hepatitis B vaccine Recombivax HB contains dry natural latex in the vial stopper, syringe plunger stopper, and tip cap.
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