Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is there to keep us safe in hazardous environments. This doesn’t mean that it’s only for use around chemicals—the pandemic has shown us the benefits of even simple ...

As the holidays get closer, healthcare professionals are choosing to decorate a little differently this year. In fact, many are using PPE to dress up their Christmas trees as the U.S. continues to ...

PPE protects you from hazards in your environment. Knowing the types of PPE available and how to use them properly can help you minimize your exposure to harm. Depending on your work situation, ...

A recent survey by the American Nurses Association found that six months into the coronavirus pandemic, nurses on the frontlines are still being forced to take alarming and dangerous measures because ...

Kurt Jackson's The Nurse's Hands piece honours "those who care and those we lost".

Are dental healthcare personnel (DHCP) properly using personal protective equipment (PPE)? Researchers used a fluorescent marker to illustrate pathogen transmission and assessed PPE donning and ...

I am a new infection prevention nurse and I am being asked to give an account of how much personal protective equipment we are using daily. How should I calculate this? The Centers for Medicare & ...

A network of small businesses, universities and enthusiasts used 3D printers to make millions of pieces of personal protective equipment last year. That helped mitigate supply shortages in some cases, ...

As we head into the winter months and the rate of new cases of Covid-19 is expected to rise in the United States, we must take stock of what has worked and what did not in our national response to the ...

Chloe Way does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The use of PPE is often necessary to protect employees from injury or illness caused by exposure to chemicals and other workplace hazards such as: biologicals, radiation, physical, electrical, ...