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Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemical, biohazards , and airborne particulate matter .
Please note that on 6 April 2022 the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Work Regulations 2022 come into force. They extend the duty on employers to provide personal protective equipment (PPE), including clothing, to those who are classified as "limb (b) workers".
A doctor wearing personal protective equipment for treating patients with COVID-19. The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is inherent in the theory of universal precaution, which requires specialized clothing or equipment for the protection of individuals from hazard. [1]
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There is low quality evidence that supports making improvements or modifications to personal protective equipment in order to help decrease contamination. [21] Examples of modifications include adding tabs to masks or gloves to ease removal and designing protective gowns so that gloves are removed at the same time.
Additionally, some PPE, such as respirators, increase physiological effort to complete a task and, therefore, may require medical examinations to ensure workers can use the PPE without risking their health. Employers should not depend solely on personal protective equipment (PPE) [18] to manage hazards when more effective controls are available ...
A construction worker in Cologne wearing PPE. Respiratory protective equipment (RPE), also called protective breathing equipment (PBE) in the US, [1] is a form of personal protective equipment designed to protect the wearer from a variety of airborne hazards in the form of a gas, fume, mist, dust or vapour. Respirators filter the air to remove ...