Training Demonstrates How Improper PPE Use Leads to COVID-19 Exposure
Despite the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), many healthcare workers are contracting the COVID-19 virus. Combine improper PPE use with the aerosol-generating.
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Use Your 3-D Printer to Produce PPE During the Pandemic
As the world grapples with an unprecedented crisis, 3-D printing has emerged as a viable temporary manufacturing option to supplement supply lines that.
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Ultradent Donates 12,000 Masks to University of Utah Health
Ultradent Products is donating 12,000 disposable face masks to University of Utah Health to help mitigate the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE).
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Collaboration Develops Guidelines for Treating Patients With COVID-19
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society have released the.
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Dentists Advised to Mind “Settle Time” After Generating Aerosols
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) advises dentists that “settle time” is the amount of time needed to remove infectious airborne organisms or infectious.
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Q&A: Dr. Edward F. Farkas on Infection Control in the Age of COVID-19
The COVID-19 coronavirus has turned routine dental procedures into risky affairs that may expose clinician and patient alike to potentially deadly infection. While.
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Collaboration Developing 3-D Printed Reusable Filters for PPE
ExOne and the University of Pittsburgh along with other collaborators are testing a filter designed for reusable, sterilizable personal protection equipment (PPE). Currently.
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DSO Donates Masks and Gloves to Toronto Hospitals
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and North York General Hospital in Toronto have received a substantial supply of gloves and surgical masks.
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Dental Groups Ask Governments to Ensure PPE Supply
Though most dental practices have stopped routine care, emergency treatment continues around the world. Organized dental groups are now asking their respective governments.
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Teledentistry Company’s 3-D Printers Begin Producing PPE
To help fight the coronavirus pandemic, byte will use its 3-D specialty labs to make masks, face shields, and ventilator parts. Its locations in.
