Item from news show Hart van Nederland
now in English translation.
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Latex gloves are in daily use in hospitals.
0002 00:00:04:23 00:00:10:06
That these rubber gloves may cause skin
irritation and allergy is well known.
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Research by the AMC hospital has shown
that they may also cause cancer.
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This is of great concern to hospitals.
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For 25 years Anneke Derksen worked as
an anaesthetics assistant in a hospital.
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The use of latex gloves turned her life
into a hell.
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One morning I woke up with blisters all
over my face. I looked terrible.
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I had to wear long-sleeved coats.
0009 00:00:36:11 00:00:39:09
Colleagues told me my arms looked like
steaks.
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The latex allergy made my face swell up,
but it was also in all of my organs.
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The danger is in the production of latex
gloves.
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The process leaves particles that may be
carcinogenic.
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This is especially dangerous in intensive use.
0014 00:00:57:03 00:01:03:01
When you put on the gloves, this causes
heat and perspiration.
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This then affects the inside of the gloves.
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The toxic materials release themselves on
to the skin...
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and may thus enter the human body.
There they may become carcinogenic.
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An intensive contact with latex is bad for
both medical personnel and patients...
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especially for babies with spina bifida and
patients who need frequent surgery.
0030 00:02:12:21 00:02:18:11
Put a warning on the boxes of latex
gloves. Then people may decide for
themselves.
0031 00:02:18:14 00:02:23:24
26 professions have received a letter
warning them of the dangers.
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From 2015 on there will be new safety
rules...
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and certain types of gloves will be
banned.
0020 00:01:27:02 00:01:31:20
Research has shown that the use of latex
gloves...
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will leave small latex particles in the
surgical wound.
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This may result in an allergic reaction...
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and it may eventually even lead to
cancer.
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Anneke was declared unfit for work and
finally retrained.
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She’s glad for the research into the
rubber.
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It’s my goal to make people aware of the
possibly disastrous results...
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of the use of these gloves.
0028 00:02:01:04 00:02:06:16
The AMC hospital in Amsterdam has been
using a latex free type of glove for years.
0029 00:02:06:19 00:02:12:18
But many dentists, cleaners and tattoo
artists are often unaware of the dangers.
2014 Special thanks to Herman te Loo (www.hermanteloo.nl) for his translation.