A Patient Who Is Employed as a Laboratory Technician Is

A patient who is employed as a laboratory technician is scheduled for surgery. While obtaining a health history from the patient, the nurse learns that the patient has a history of allergic rhinitis, asthma, and multiple food allergies. It is important that the nurse

A) encourage the patient to carry an epinephrine kit in case a type IV allergic reaction to latex develops.
B) document the patient's allergy history and be alert for any clinical manifestations of a type I latex allergy.
C) advise the patient to use oil-based hand creams to decrease contact with natural proteins in latex gloves.
D) recommend that the patient use vinyl gloves instead of latex gloves in preventing blood-borne pathogen contact.