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 ...

A scoping review reveals that nurses’ routine use of non-sterile gloves during IV antibiotic preparation offers no proven protection, and may actually undermine infection control, increase costs, and ...

A study published in the American Journal of Nursing examined nurses’ use of double gloves and nonabsorbent gowns when handling or administering antineoplastic drugs, which are known or probable human ...

A BUNGLING nurse had to be reminded to wear protective clothing when treating a woman with MRSA, but then put the apron on the patient instead of herself. Anitha Jose, 44, shocked supervisors at ...

A doctor on the frontline of Britain's coronavirus outbreak has revealed how staff must wear wafer-thin paper masks, plastic aprons and gloves instead of full protective gear. They had high-tech masks ...

The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has alleged shortage of Personal Protective Equipment for nurses and other healthcare workers in the state. They ...

A nurse was photographed by a patient with just a basic apron to protect herself from the deadly coronavirus bug. The shocking image comes to light after a hospital consultant became the first ...