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4 days ago · About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic.
4 days ago · Personal protective equipment (PPE) refers to "all equipment which is intended to be worn or otherwise used by a person at work and which protects the person against one or more hazards to his/her safety or health".
3 days ago · Check out this overview for distributors on what’s coming up on the PPE, first aid kit, dropped object prevention and heat stress front.
2 days ago · This webinar will describe PPE standards and selection considerations, as well as the most common barriers to PPE compliance. Learn how to build a culture of PPE compliance and safety in your facility.
3 days ago · According to a BBC report, personal protective equipment (PPE) worth an estimated £1.4 billion that the government purchased in a single transaction during the epidemic has been destroyed or written off. According to data shared by the BBC, Full Support Healthcare, a Northamptonshire-based provider, supplied at least 1.57 billion PPE pieces that would never be utilised.
3 days ago · Well, it turns out £1.4bn worth of it has been destroyed or written off. And that’s just from one supplier. An investigation by the BBC has revealed at least 1.57 billion items of PPE provided by Full Support Healthcare, an NHS supplier in Northamptonshire, has gone to waste – despite being manufactured to the proper standard.
5 days ago · The U.S. is the world’s largest importer of PPE, according to the UN Comtrade Database. So when global demand for essential supplies skyrocketed, our healthcare industry was especially vulnerable to shortages, some of which persist today.
