An air-supplied respirator includes biohazard suits that provide the wearer with a portable air tank. A full face respirator covers the entire face and also protects the eyes and face from irritants ...

University staff and frontline medical workers have combined to design and test a new type of respirator to keep healthcare professionals safe during the ... The collar contains a fan to draw in air ...

Here, where the risk of infection is at its greatest, medical staff need personal protective equipment ... Respirators, on the other hand, are designed to fit tightly to the face, so that no ...

About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic. Figures obtained by the ...