SAN DIEGO — Hospital nurses working with COVID-19 patients are scared and upset over a new policy that OKs the use of less-protective surgical masks. The policy change comes from the CDC and the World ...
The Infection Control Expert Group responded to recommendations put forward by the Nat­ional COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce that emphasised airborne transmission of Covid-19 amid wide consensus ...
How should clinicians combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in their practice settings? As the number of global cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rises, it is imperative that healthcare ...
Scientists have warned that small airborne droplets may penetrate some items of PPE (Picture: AFP/EPA) Some forms of personal protective equipment may not shield people from small aerosol droplets ...
California workplace safety officials issued a serious citation against a Kaiser Permanente psychiatric facility in Santa Clara, accusing the center of failing to provide workers with N95 masks and ...
Hundreds of medical professionals have appealed for higher-grade personal protective equipment (PPE) amid growing concern over airborne transmission of coronavirus. In an open letter to political ...
More than a year since she nearly died of COVID-19, registered nurse Rubina Khan is still not sure how she got infected, but she suspects it could be linked to airborne transmission — a risk Ontario's ...
Personal protective equipment (PPE), like masks and gloves, helps stop the spread of coronavirus and saves lives. With a new, more contagious variant of Covid circulating in the UK, doctors and nurses ...
Ines Kujeda and Charyse Reinfelder (front), Janet Domingo and Henson Domingo of Maui Memorial Medical Center’s ICU staff wear masks made and donated by Maui Covid PPE. Photo courtesy of Melissa ...