When it comes to personal protective equipment, she said these items are harmful to the environment if discarded improperly. Animals can get tangled in face masks or mistake gloves for food.

Nurses across the country have begun to protest against shortages of personal protective equipment ... rather than throw them away. This method is far from full-proof, she said, as severe patients ...

Personal protective equipment, PPE for short ... Asia is projected to throw away 1.8 billion face masks daily, the highest quantity of any continent globally. China, with the world’s largest ...

The Office of the Inspector General at HHS found “severe shortages” of testing kits and personal protective equipment. Numerous hospitals and states have reported that nurses and doctors are ...

Doctors, nurses, and medical staff working on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic are being forced to improvise due to a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). To protect ...