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 ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) COVID-19 has highlighted the staggering amount of single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) that medical and healthcare facilities use on a daily basis, and the ...

Bosses at Southmead Hospital had to recall a batch of PPE aprons after staff complained they were little more than ‘bin bags with the bottom cut off them’. Bosses at the hospital the aprons 'met the ...

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 ...

More than one in three ambulance staff have had Covid-19 - mainly catching it while at work, according to new research. The GMB union said a survey of 1,600 of its members in the service in England, ...

Appalled by the tonnes of plastic trash generated by the pandemic, entrepreneurs are developing reusable PPE and turning single-use masks into everything from bricks to toolboxes LONDON, July 26 ...

The apron also reduces the carbon footprint of a standard apron by more than 75% through the use of local transport and manufacturing. Lisa O’Riordan, Co-founder HaPPE Earth, Johnny Brackett HCA, ...