Personal Protective Equipment

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Sciences & Technology

Engineering COVID-19 protection

A collaboration between multi-disciplinary experts has engineered a “ventilation hood” designed to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19. And it could go global

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Business & Economics

More transparency needed in PPE supply chains

COVID-19 has exposed a shortage of manufacturing capacity in personal protective equipment, but the larger problem is a lack of transparency over supplies and supply chains

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Health & Medicine

People in aged care sector need psychological as well as physical protection

Our aged care workforce is facing unprecedented stress during the pandemic. Staff, as well as residents, need a psychological version of PPE to protect their mental wellbeing

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