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Linda Coulombe, President and Founder of LAM, has been in nursing for 25 years and lends her experience in the Health Care field to provide the tenet for Latex Allergy Management.  Ms. Coulombe is currently the Nurse Manager of CPD and Surgical Services Instructor at South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, as well as president of two consulting companies.  She holds certifications in the fields of Surgery, Materials Management and Education and has held positions such as Manager and Educator for the Operating Room, PACU, Day Surgery, and Central Processing departments.  Ms. Coulombe is presently a member of the Massachusetts Emergency Nurses Latex Allergy Task Force, is the Chairperson for the Latex Allergy Committee at South Shore Hospital and holds a seat on the Product Evaluation and Standards Committee and Latex Sub-Committee.  Everyone who knows her is familiar with the phrase, "Is it Latex Free?"

Linda Coulombe has entertained audiences at many Latex seminars and her work has been published locally and internationally.  Her article "Latex Safe Carts for Bedside Patient Care", published in the "International Journal of Trauma Nursing", (January 1998, Vol. 4, #1) is rapidly becoming the standard for establishing a Latex Safe method of treating latex sensitive patients in the hospital environment.

CONSULTANT EXPERIENCES:

Company Established 1986:
                Northeast Systems Consultants
                President

                Surgical Case Cart Systems / Instrumentation / Training / Staffing /
                Inventory Control / Distribution / Sterilization / Processing / Decontamination

            Milton Hospital: 1987
                Company hired to implement a Surgical Case Cart System.
                Responsible for implementing a completely workable, acceptable
                system.

           East Ohio Regional Hospital: 1989
                Company hired to consult on staffing, education, inventory control,
                case cart system, budget process, down sizing.

            Cerritos Community Hospital: 1990
                Company hired to consult on staffing, case cart system, education.

            Harrisonburg Hospital: 1992
                Company hired to consult on surgical case cart system.

            East Ohio Regional Hospital: 1996
                Company hired to consult on expansion project, inventory control,
                education

            Ohio Valley Medical Center: 1997
                Company hired to consult on Latex Safe products

1990        Kinetic Instrument Company
                Erie, PA
                Nurse Consultant

                Responsible for establishing a product line, training of
                instrumentation and equipment, conducting a number of related
                seminars, and working at related functions such as the AORN
                (Association of Operating Room Nurses) Congress.

Company Established 1998:
                LAM (Latex Allergy Management)
                Consultant for the Health Care Industry
                President

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

                 Speaker:
                October 27, 1998
                Sponsor:
                Infection Control Organization South Eastern Chapter
                Regional Meeting

                Speaker:
                September 19, 1998
                Sponsors:
                Association of Surgical Technologists
                Massachusetts At Large Chapter
                Region One Autumn Business & Educational Symposium
                Surgical Technology: The Heartbeat of the O.R. Suite

                 Speaker:
                September 16, 1998
                Sponsors:
                Massachusetts Nurses Association
                Massachusetts Department of Public Health
                Massachusetts Emergency Nurses Association
                Massachusetts Dental Society
                Massachusetts Medical Society
                New Hampshire Electrolysis Association
                New England Regional Latex Allergy Symposium

                Speaker:
                May 26, 1998
                Sponsor:
                Caritas Norwood Hospital
                Latex Allergy Update: Silent Epidemic of the 90 's

                Speaker:
                March 21, 1998
                Sponsor:
                Bay State Medical Center
                Unlocking the Mystery of Latex Allergy

                Speaker:
                October 22, 1997
                Sponsor:
                New Hampshire Hospital Association
                Latex Hypersensitivity: Awareness, Prevention, Treatment

OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES:

POSTER SESSION:

1996            Perioperative Nurse Educator/Clinical Nurse Specialist Assembly
                    Denver, CO
                    Presented Poster on complete Perioperative Orientation Program,
                    including Operating Room, Central Service, and Post Operative Personnel

PUBLICATIONS:

1997            Journal of Emergency Nursing, Volume 23, Number 2, April 1997
                    Latex Allergy Video Review

1998            International Journal of Trauma Nursing, January 1998, Vol. 4, #1
                    "Latex Safe Carts for Bedside Patient Care"

LICENSURES / CERTIFICATIONS / ORGANIZATIONS:

1970 - current         Registered Nurse Massachusetts
1984 - current         Certified Central Service Technologist
1988 - current         Certified Nurse Operating Room
1994 - current         Certified Nurse Educator
1973 - current         Association of Operating Room Nurses
1983 - current         International Association of Hospital Central Service Management
1983 - current         Health Care Materials Management Society
1986 - 1992           National Association Orthopedic Nurses
1995 - current         Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
1995 - current         Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives
1996 - current         AORN Management Specialty Assembly
1996 - current         Perioperative Nurse Educator/Clinical Nurse Specialist
1997 - current         Assembly Emergency Nurses Association
1997 - current         ENA National Latex Allergy Task Force

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