The news agenda has moved on but the PPE disgrace in the UK continues. This tucked away in The Times today:
Fifth of frontline doctors complain of unusable coronavirus PPE
A fifth of doctors say they have been given unusable personal protective equipment amid concerns that faulty facemasks and surgical gowns are being delivered to hospitals.
A senior nurse’s FFP3 respirator mask failed while intubating and was later discovered to be out of date, and doctors have complained of PPE smelling of mould and being visibly degraded, according to a survey of almost 900 frontline medical staff.
Rebecca Lewis, of the Doctors’ Association UK, which carried out the survey, said that doctors were concerned about the equipment. “This includes mouldy masks sometimes many years out of date, gowns with holes in and PPE that has failed during high-risk procedures,” she said. “Doctors are having to attempt to repair these items themselves, or work without PPE.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fifth-of-frontline-doctors-complain-of-unusable-coronavirus-ppe-wxf09qbb3
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08 May 2020 07:10:40
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