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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 & ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A farm worker at Fox Dairy in Plainview, Texas, on Nov. 7, 2023 (Rene Carranza/USDA). In May, the Centers for Disease Control ...

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 the country grapples with surging coronavirus cases, some hospitals, clinics and nursing facilities are still struggling to maintain adequate supplies of personal protective equipment. After ...

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, ...