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 ...

Are face shields better protection than goggles for clinicians caring for patients with Ebola? And which works best — a disposable gown and apron, or a disposable coverall and apron? Clinicians ...

Limerick-based businessman Sean O’Carroll is using a machine normally used to cut corrugated paper to make heavy-duty polythene aprons for medics. Sean O’Carroll with one of his PPE aprons (IPS ...

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. From surgical masks and gloves to disposable hospital gowns and aprons, the Covid-19 pandemic ...

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 ...

LONDON, July 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - 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 ...

Appalled by the tonnes of plastic trash generated by the pandemic, entrepreneurs are developing reusable PPE and turning single-use masks into everything from bricks to toolboxes LONDON, July 26 ...