Know How to Keep Patients With a Latex Allergy Safe
October 2026
You’ll get questions about how to handle latex allergies.
The concern is with latex from natural rubber, which is in some vial stoppers, syringe plungers, pens, needle hubs, etc...not in 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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