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             "The death count associated with Type I reactions up until 1995 is 16 due to latex." These deaths prove that the latex allergies that are being developed are a serious risk to employee health, and the matter needs to be dealt with seriously. Both employers and government need to take charge of the issue to ensure the safety of the employees.
             The employer needs to provide policies and procedures to reduce the exposure to latex. Until recently latex gloves were the automatic protection worn by all employees dealing with people, or products for people, and in many places this is still the case. This has to stop, and employers are the ones who must implement other options. "This is extremely important because those employees most at risk are the ones who frequently use latex products, and once the allergy is developed, it does not ever go away." "Other people who are at high risk are those who apply latex gloves while their hands are still wet." Since the proteins are water-soluble, the skin can absorb them more easily once they are part of the water. "More groups of people at high risk are those who suffer from various other allergies, and those who use latex products when they have a rash or any other skin disorder, because it gives the proteins an entrance to the body." Employers need to make sure that employees use alternatives to latex as much as possible, and must ensure that employees know about the potential allergies and the best ways to avoid them. From the employee's point of view, their knowledge of these issues is the key to the protection of their health.
             Employees' lives will be changed forever once they develop latex allergies. Those employees such as nurses and doctors, who must use latex gloves throughout their job, will no longer be able to provide adequate care to the patients unless there is
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