HC Deb 09 December 1996 vol 287 cc75-6W
Sir Cranley Onslow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what investigations his Department is making into the incidence of latex allergy. [6629]

Mr. Horam

The Medical Devices Agency—MDA—has a system for investigating adverse incidents associated with all medical devices, including those manufactured from natural rubber latex. In April 1996, the MDA published a device bulletin entitled "Latex Sensitisation in the Health Care Setting (Use of Latex Gloves)", copies of which are available in the Library.