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 ...

Disposable gloves and aprons are used to protect health professionals and patients from the risks of infection. However, it is important to use them appropriately or they may increase patients’ risk ...

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Some council social care services in the UK are short of eye protection, plastic aprons and disposable gloves. Many of our readers operate, own or work in manufacturing sites that might have spare ...

A Black Country care provider has condemned firms cashing in on Covid-19 after it was asked to pay £2 for a plastic, throw-away apron which normally sells for two pence. Wednesbury-based Awarding Care ...