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 ...

Lead aprons help keep workers safe from exposure to radiation, but the weight of the lead can tax the wearer’s body. Newport News-based Burlington Medical, known for its engineering radiation ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - (Nov. 8, 2017) - The fingertips are among the body's most sensitive areas and have the ability to detect very subtle changes to the surface of an object. For this reason, inspectors ...

Over 10,000 NHS workers have signed a petition demanding that Boris Johnson make sure they have access to right safety equipment to keep them safe. The statement, organised by campaigning group ...

Care homes across the UK have each only received 300 ‘inadequate’ masks to protect staff and residents against coronavirus, the Telegraph has learned. Nursing, residential homes and other care ...

Police are being told to put on aprons and gloves before stepping in to stop fights and restrain people. The Scottish Police Federation raised their concerns with the health policy in a damning letter ...

Prioritizing food safety and hygiene during the Hornbill festival, State Food Safety Authority under the Department of Health ...

For anyone senior in a local authority right now, one scenario has quickly turned from the unimaginable to the familiar. The scrabble for masks, goggles, gloves and aprons has some of the hallmarks of ...

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 ...