New Manufacturing Plant Gives Canada Domestic Production Capability for N95-Type Mask Filters
Medicom to open new plant to produce critical meltblown polypropylene filter raw material for masks. The company will also establish ...
Tag: PPE Supplies
How to Reduce PPE Facial Pressure Injuries in Frontline Health Care Workers
A new study has found that arming frontline workers with a 'care bundle' of baby wipes, Aquaphor and silicone tape ...
Inside the Lab: How Do Coronavirus Researchers Avoid Catching COVID-19?
Around the world, virologists in labs are constantly handling samples of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as part of ...
Fighting Pandemics with Plasma (The Other Kind)
While researchers conduct clinical trials on use of convalescent blood serum as a therapeutic for COVID-19, there's a very different ...
UC Davis Study Compares Particles Emitted By Different Face Coverings While Talking, Coughing
Laboratory tests of surgical and N95 masks by researchers at the University of California, Davis, show that they do cut ...
Talc and Petroleum Jelly Top List of Skin Protectants for Frontline Responders Wearing PPE
For frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) like face visors, googles, and respiratory protective ...
UCLA Study Backs Decontamination of Single-Use N95 Respirators to Mitigate Shortages
N95 respirators, which are widely worn by health care workers treating patients with COVID-19 and are designed to be used ...
Children Might Play a Bigger Role in COVID Transmission Than First Thought
Over the weekend, the World Health Organisation made an announcement you might have missed. It recommended children aged 12 years ...
As Georgia Reopened, Officials Knew of Severe Shortage of PPE for Health Workers
As the coronavirus crisis deepened in April, Georgia officials circulated documents showing that to get through the next month, the ...
Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk
With medical supplies in high demand, federal authorities say health workers can wear surgical masks for protection while treating COVID-19 ...
