When working on energized equipment, electricians and maintenance technicians can find themselves in a catch-22 situation: Wearing too much personal protective equipment (PPE) can impair movement or ...

Is too much PPE ever a problem? This guest blogger suggests that too much of a good thing – specifically, reflective safety vests or other forms of PPE that are worn when not needed – could be harmful ...

The Department of Health lost 75 per cent of the £12billion it spent on PPE in the first year of the pandemic because it paid too much or bought kit that did not meet requirements, a report has ...

Much of PPE—even the kind billed as “unisex”—is designed to fit the face and body shape of “a default European male,” Sarah Hallett, chair of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee told ...

But the health ministry, which handles the personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies, said it had been prudent to have too much rather than too little given the emergency. News.

A spokesman said: "We make no apology for procuring too much PPE rather than too little, and only 3% of the PPE we procured was unusable in any context." ...