Illinois Compiled Statutes 410 ILCS 180/15 – Exception; crisis situation
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Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of Section 10, if a crisis exists that interrupts their ability to reliably source nonlatex gloves, EMS personnel and health care facility personnel may use latex gloves upon a patient. However, during the crisis, EMS personnel and health care facility personnel shall prioritize, to the extent possible, using nonlatex gloves for the treatment of:
(1) any patient with a self-identified allergy to
(1) any patient with a self-identified allergy to
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latex; and
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(2) any patient upon whom the latex gloves are to be
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used who is unconscious or otherwise physically unable to communicate and whose medical history lacks sufficient information to indicate whether or not the patient has a latex allergy.
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