You painstakingly identified all the hazards in your workplace. You consulted each of the relevant safety standards and OSHA regulations. You implemented a comprehensive personal protective equipment ...

Two Cork cousins have developed a compostable PPE apron to reduce plastic usage in the healthcare industry. Dr Mary O'Riordan and Lisa O’Riordan developed their 'guilt-free' HaPPE Earth apron in ...

Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is necessary to protect farmers and other agricultural workers from pesticides, grain dust, mold and other hazards. The COVID-19 global pandemic, however, has ...

An Irish entrepreneur has developed an unconventional way of producing protective aprons for healthcare staff tackling coronavirus. Limerick-based Sean O’Carroll is using machines designed for cutting ...

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Carly Fletcher receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 860407. All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has seen more and ...

We are going to run down some of the most common and important types of personal protective equipment (PPE) so you can get a clear overview of the different kinds of PPE and why it is so important.

The best way to prevent costly injuries is to promote safe work practices, provide the necessary PPE, and do everything possible to encourage wearer compliance. You painstakingly identified all the ...

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 ...