Safety ranks at the top of most diners' lists of concerns, and now brands have a line of disposable aprons to give both workers and customers added protection. Novolex brand, Hilex Poly, created the ...

Disposable gloves and aprons are used to protect health professionals and patients from the risks of infection. However, it is important to use them appropriately or they may increase patients’ risk ...

Some council social care services in the UK are short of eye protection, plastic aprons and disposable gloves. Many of our readers operate, own or work in manufacturing sites that might have spare ...

The issue of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical staff treating coronavirus patients has been the subject of intense focus since the early stages of the global pandemic. While countries ...

Infrared thermal imaging is a much better detective, with 50 percent of study participants picking out all holes intentionally drilled into a test apron compared with just 6 percent of participants ...

From surgical masks and gloves to disposable hospital gowns and aprons, the COVID-19 pandemic is creating a mountain of plastic medical waste that is polluting the land and sea – alarming doctors and ...

As a doctor, Mary O’Riordan knows the guilt that medics feel about the plastic they discard every working day. Irish hospitals generate a staggering mountain of 50 million discarded plastic aprons ...