MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – Teresa Aikens is a nurse manager for infection control at USA Health University Hospital and she stresses that not only is it important to use PPE, but it is also just as crucial ...

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 ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Hospitals in southern Wisconsin are preparing for a surge in coronavirus patients. UW Health is utilizing their Clinical Simulation Program to train staff how to properly use ...

Despite the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), reports show that many health care workers contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which raises substantial concerns about the ...

Many people are wearing personal protective equipment while they shop, however not everyone is properly disposing their PPE after use. News Center 7′s Katy Andersen looked into the littering of masks ...

With the fast spread of the new coronavirus, many hospitals are facing a shortage of personal protective equipment such as face masks, gowns, gloves and eye protection, forcing workers to have to ...

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 ...

It’s another sad reality of the COVID-19 era that some of the steps we’re taking to stay safe and combat the coronavirus spread are often in opposition to hard-fought efforts to curb the use of ...

There is good news for fleets that care about safe disposal of PPE and the environment. With the Covid-19 threat ongoing, an estimated 129 billion face masks and 65 billion plastic gloves are being ...