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Overview
Overview
The goal of this educational program is to provide healthcare providers in acute care settings with knowledge about latex allergy.
Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
Latex hypersensitivity was characterized as a problem in the late 1970s. It became a serious concern in the 1990s after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received reports of multiple deaths and over 1,000 documented reactions related to latex (Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA], n.d.). Despite the ability of healthcare providers to recognize natural rubber latex (NRL) as an allergy, multiple studies have demonstrated that they cannot identify the symptoms of type I Iatex-induced allergic reactions (Kartal et al., 2020). 

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Distinguish between immediate and delayed allergic responses to latex.
  • Identify sources for latex of latex in the healthcare environment.
  • List three ways to reduce risk to those with latex allergies in healthcare settings.
  • Name two risk factors for the development of a latex allergy.

Course Termination Date: 10/05/24

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/24

Course Originally Released On: 04/01/23
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Course Originally Released on : 4/1/2023

REL-ACU-0-ALA

Course Author

Emily Allen

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Accreditations

NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

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Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

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Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.