5. Maintain
latex safety
processes.
While you move clos-
er to becoming a
latex-safe facility, it's
important not to let
any latex-safety poli-
cies and procedures
suffer in the process.
As a safety measure,
it's still important to
assess every patient
for latex allergies. We
continue to ask all
patients if they know
whether they have a
latex allergy. If they
do, we ask about the
severity of their reac-
tion to latex, and
notate this on the sur-
gical schedule in our
anecdotal notes. Also
be sure to document
on your handoff com-
munication that the
patient has a latex
allergy.
As a latex-safe facil-
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