The CDC has released guidelines with detailed information on the type of personal protective equipment and the procedure for donning and removing, for healthcare workers managing Ebola patients. The ...

Personal protective equipment (PPE) has become commonplace, with the most recognizable PPE being the facemask. Face shields and gloves were also used to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the earlier ...

OSHA’s requirements under the general duty clause state that “each employer shall furnish to each of its employees employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death ...

Researchers in Iran sought to quantify headaches related to personal protective equipment (PPE) among frontline health care workers. Headaches resulting from personal protective equipment (PPE) are ...

A new type of headache is being reported by some health care workers. De novo PPE-associated headache is a new headache associated with wearing those tight fitting N95 face masks. During much of the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A new CDC grant will fund work to create improved face masks and other protective equipment for healthcare workers. (Wayne Tilcock/UC Davis) A multidisciplinary team of researchers is working to ...

Madison-based University of Wisconsin Health has told its employees involved in direct patient care not to bring in personal protective equipment from home, according to a Wisconsin State Journal ...