Know How to Keep Patients With a Latex Allergy Safe

October 2026

You’ll need to know how to handle latex allergies when prescribing or administering meds in office.

The concern is with latex from natural rubber, which is in some vial stoppers, syringe plungers, pens, needle hubs, etc...not the med itself.

For example, the hepatitis B vaccine Recombivax HB contains dry natural latex in the vial stopper, syringe plunger stopper, and tip cap.

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