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World Patient Safety Day 2020: COVID-19 pandemic highlights why keeping healthcare workers safe matters

A knowledgeable, skillful, motivated and cautious healthcare workforce is critical in providing appropriate and safe care to patients.

Scientists approve reuse of sterilised old N95 respirators as contingency protection in absence of new ones

The scientists concluded that expired N95 respirators and sterilised old N95 respirators can be used in the absence of new N95 respirators.

COVID-19 pandemic prompts designers to reimagine PPE, make it more effective and accessible

Some designers are also pursuing 3D printed masks, concerned by the waste generated by current masks and respirators.

Medical-grade gloves useless for COVID-19 prevention in normal settings; here's why

Besides adding to medical waste, usage of medical grade gloves by the general public during the COVID-19 pandemic, can create a shortage of supplies for healthcare workers

Uddhav Thackeray asks Centre for help to set up permanent infectious disease hospital in Mumbai

He also sought an extension of the ongoing supply of PPE kits and N-95 masks from the Centre beyond September as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the state

PIL in SC seeks setting up of panel to probe Centre's 'mismanagement' of COVID-19 pandemic

The petition said the Centre failed to undertake timely and effective measures for containing the transmission of COVID-19 even after being notified by the WHO in early January

As lockdown lifts, wearing a face mask could be your only defence against COVID-19: How to pick the right one

WHO keeps reminding the public that mask needs to be worn correctly and kept clean to ensure that they are effective in stopping the virus.

Deployed on COVID-19 duty, women doctors and nurses in PPE kit bear extreme discomfort during menstruation

Coming up with more methods to aid these women in executing their immense and valuable duties would also facilitate the healthcare system in battling COVID-19.

Simulating sneezes can help us plan around COVID-19, Unlock 1.0, reopening economies

When accounting for disease control in design, the key is to understand the transport of contaminated droplets.

Supreme Court tells Centre to direct states to pay salaries, provide necessary quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to issue directions to states for payment of salaries and providing necessary quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers engaged in treating COVID-19 patients. The government told the court it would issue the necessary directions.