Training course on latex allergies
Typology: Online Course
Duration: 1 now
Languages: Italian
OBJECTIVES:
Il online training course on latex allergies is a guide to consult for:
- Have practical information on latex and the products that contain it,
- Know the symptoms of latex allergy and related therapies,
- Arrange primary prevention interventions with respect to latex allergies
RECIPIENTS:
Healthcare workers in public and private hospitals.
Latex allergic subjects.
CONTENTS
1 MODULE
- Latex: what is it?
- Latex allergy
- Latex: allergy sufferers
- Latex allergy
- Latex: method of exposure
- Examples of products containing natural latex
- Subject to risk of allergic reactions to latex
- Medical-surgical material containing latex
- Latex devices used in the emergency room and related replacement devices
- Latex aids in use in the dentistry department and related replacement devices
2 MODULE
- Latex: ways of sensitization
- Latex allergy: how it manifests itself
- anaphylaxis
- Urticaria - symptoms
- Angioedema - symptoms
- Immunological reactions possible
- Practical information on how to recognize if you are allergic to latex
- Latex allergy: clinical signs and symptoms
- Allergic people
- Latex Allergy Diagnosis
- First aid measures in case of accidental exposure
- Anaphylaxis therapy
- Suitability judgment
- Normative References
3 MODULE
- Criteria for the evaluation of latex pathology in health professionals
- Primary prevention interventions implemented
- Primary prevention interventions: latex-safe areas
- Latex-safe course in specialist rehabilitation
- The biggest problems in creating a latex-safe department
- Primary prevention interventions implemented
- Use of gloves
- Conclusions
- How to protect latex allergy patients
Produced by: Piazza Copernico
Content edited by: IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital
COURSE CODE: 0024-20_02_C_PCO
