Two Cork cousins have developed a compostable PPE apron to reduce plastic usage in the healthcare industry. Dr Mary O'Riordan and Lisa O’Riordan developed their 'guilt-free' HaPPE Earth apron in ...

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Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is necessary to protect farmers and other agricultural workers from pesticides, grain dust, mold and other hazards. The COVID-19 global pandemic, however, has ...

Are face shields better protection than goggles for clinicians caring for patients with Ebola? And which works best — a disposable gown and apron, or a disposable coverall and apron? Clinicians ...

You painstakingly identified all the hazards in your workplace. You consulted each of the relevant safety standards and OSHA regulations. You implemented a comprehensive personal protective equipment ...

As the coronavirus subsided in China and spread around the world, a global shortage of masks and other protective equipment emerged. Frontline medical staff are still clamouring for the items needed ...

Ten lots of PPE bought with £600,000 of taxpayers' cash could be sold for as little as £250 in a bid to avoid rocketing storage costs. More than 3million goggles, visors, aprons and hand sanitisers ...

The apron also reduces the carbon footprint of a standard apron by more than 75% through the use of local transport and manufacturing. Lisa O’Riordan, Co-founder HaPPE Earth, Johnny Brackett HCA, ...

GPs have hit out after receiving PPE aprons made out of repurposed polythene bags. Practices in the Highlands, Fife and the Borders are among those sent batches of white aprons in relabelled boxes, ...