We are having a problem parsing XML that has an "&" contained within one of the elements.

We are receiving an error
"An error occurred while parsing EntityName"
when the following code is run because one of the elements has an "&"

System.Int32 complaintID = Convert.ToInt32(SourceCode.K2Utilities.XMLFieldMod.GetXMLValue(K2.ProcessInstance.XmlFields["complaint"].Value,"newComplaint/newID"));

This is not the element that has the "&", so we are assuming it tries to parse the whole XML string and complains.

is there any way of changing any "&" in the XML fields in order that this may not happen.