How to Use personal protective equipment in a Sentence

personal protective equipment

noun
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  • In most cases, these workers wear some kind of PPE (personal protective equipment).
    — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2024
  • Between the heat and the fans, the approximately 160 people involved in the culling struggled to use personal protective equipment (PPE).
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
  • States are trying to give away personal protective equipment that could be worn in milking parlors, but again, few farms have expressed interest.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 26 June 2024
  • Bili spent the first few weeks of the pandemic prospecting personal protective equipment, helping embassy staff find masks and other medical gear at the best prices, on behalf of the government in Paris.
    — USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • Four years after health workers were forced to reuse masks and other supplies to get through the dark days of the pandemic, the idea of recycling personal protective equipment is going mainstream.
    — Maya Goldman, Axios, 17 July 2024
  • Health risks persisted even when personal protective equipment was being used, the agency found.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The team also conducts audits on personal protective equipment and hand hygiene.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Health officials have been urging dairy workers to wear personal protective equipment in milking parlors, for example, given the sky-high levels of virus in cows’ udders and their milk.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 16 July 2024
  • Before that, the Trump administration invoked it to boost the production of personal protective equipment during the early days of the pandemic.
    — WIRED, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The patient had direct exposure to an infected cow and wasn’t wearing any personal protective equipment.
    — Carmel Wroth, NPR, 30 May 2024
  • Clerks used the money for personal protective equipment and drop boxes for absentee ballots, for example.
    — Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Veterinary practices turned to telemedicine to conserve personal protective equipment and flatten the coronavirus curve.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Getting workers to use personal protective equipment also is a challenge.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
  • County officials urged those who can return to their properties to do so wearing personal protective equipment and to avoid all burn areas unless cleared by authorities.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Lifeguards now patrol the beaches in full body personal protective equipment and thick gloves while participating in cleanup to protect from the severe dangers of shattered fiberglass shards, which can cause serious health problems.
    — Andrew Follett, National Review, 24 July 2024
  • In 2023, the EPA released an assessment of the pesticide, concluding it was linked to health risks, especially for pregnant women, even when people exposed to it were using personal protective equipment.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Similar proposals came from Europe and Japan, where there was also a growing desire to re-shore supply chains, to end reliance on China for medical equipment such as masks and personal protective equipment.
    — Henry Sanderson, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Rates for personal protective equipment such as face masks, certain respirators and surgical gloves will also increase by 25%.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
  • The use of personal protective equipment is insufficient.
    — Raj Panjabi, TIME, 11 June 2024
  • But officials were able to procure personal protective equipment for residents from both counties during the pandemic.
    — Jennifer Donatelli, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • After the derailment, the company also reportedly left dozens of maintenance workers out to dry, directing them to clean up the crash site without giving them personal protective equipment.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 3 June 2023
  • After the scene is determined to be safe and personal protective equipment is provided, authorities will begin retrieving the bodies.
    — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
  • And in a Wednesday letter, railroad unions criticized Norfolk Southern for also putting workers’ health at risk after the derailment and not providing personal protective equipment.
    — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
  • That’s why the USDA is also recommending that dairy workers use personal protective equipment, such as masks and other body coverings, to limit their exposure to any viral particles.
    — Alice Park, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
  • At the beginning of the pandemic, member states clashed over shortages of personal protective equipment, and the body eventually imposed several temporary export bans.
    — Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Beijing paired Chinese provinces with different countries and had the former send personal protective equipment and medical professionals to the latter.
    — Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • And myriad lab tests, blood processing devices and specialized pieces of personal protective equipment authorized for use in the pandemic will still be used in commercial labs, research centers and hospitals.
    — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Although pandemic contracts cover all manner of goods and services, personal protective equipment deals have received perhaps the most public scrutiny.
    — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • But hospital officials argued that because nurses also voiced complaints about shortages of personal protective equipment, the reasons for the strike were too expansive to be allowed under the collective bargaining agreement the two sides had signed.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • Updates featured in Friday’s announcement include new timing and rates for duties on personal protective equipment (PPE) like face masks and medical gloves, as well as medical necessities like needles and syringes.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 Sep. 2024

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