Comments on: Attention Walmart shoppers!… http://5west.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/attention-walmart-shoppers/ Common sense for uncommon times. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:18:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: martygrn http://5west.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/attention-walmart-shoppers/#comment-1052 martygrn Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:10:18 +0000 http://5west.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/attention-walmart-shoppers/#comment-1052 Latex gloves have gone away due to the prevalence of latex-allergies. Vinyl gloves cost the same if not slightly more than latex, but don't have the allergy issues. The cost saving issue comes in the sense that it is cheaper for the hospital to stock one kind of glove (vinyl) rather than both vinyl and latex. My 5 yr old son is allergic to latex, to an anaphylactic point, and it makes me much more comfortable to know that most hospitals have gone latex-free for purposes of patient safety. I am more comfortable knowing that someone won't accidentally put on latex gloves when he is hospitalized, which he has been 15 times in his 5 yrs. Latex gloves have gone away due to the prevalence of latex-allergies. Vinyl gloves cost the same if not slightly more than latex, but don’t have the allergy issues. The cost saving issue comes in the sense that it is cheaper for the hospital to stock one kind of glove (vinyl) rather than both vinyl and latex. My 5 yr old son is allergic to latex, to an anaphylactic point, and it makes me much more comfortable to know that most hospitals have gone latex-free for purposes of patient safety. I am more comfortable knowing that someone won’t accidentally put on latex gloves when he is hospitalized, which he has been 15 times in his 5 yrs.

]]> By: Deb aka ondrun http://5west.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/attention-walmart-shoppers/#comment-1041 Deb aka ondrun Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:58:10 +0000 http://5west.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/attention-walmart-shoppers/#comment-1041 I don't know how it is at your hospital, but I know many hospitals have gone totally latex free due to so many with latex allergies. That may be the reason for the diappearance of the latex gloves and the replacements with the vinyl ones. ondrun - one with a bad latex allergy I don’t know how it is at your hospital, but I know many hospitals have gone totally latex free due to so many with latex allergies. That may be the reason for the diappearance of the latex gloves and the replacements with the vinyl ones.
ondrun – one with a bad latex allergy

]]> By: Ali http://5west.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/attention-walmart-shoppers/#comment-1036 Ali Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:48:40 +0000 http://5west.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/attention-walmart-shoppers/#comment-1036 I have to wonder if we work in the same hospital... that could have been my hand many times before. The white gloves are horrid. I miss the coloured nitrile gloves that we used at the hospital where I went to school. They were practically bulletproof! I have to wonder if we work in the same hospital… that could have been my hand many times before. The white gloves are horrid. I miss the coloured nitrile gloves that we used at the hospital where I went to school. They were practically bulletproof!

]]> By: motherjones-rn http://5west.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/attention-walmart-shoppers/#comment-988 motherjones-rn Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:43:10 +0000 http://5west.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/attention-walmart-shoppers/#comment-988 Amen! Cheap is no good when it comes to safety in the workplace. I'm hosting Change of Shift next week at Nurse Ratched's Place. Please write to me at nurseratchedsplace@yahoo.com and let me know if I can include this post in next week's roundup. MJ Amen! Cheap is no good when it comes to safety in the workplace. I’m hosting Change of Shift next week at Nurse Ratched’s Place. Please write to me at nurseratchedsplace@yahoo.com and let me know if I can include this post in next week’s roundup.

MJ

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