Organisation: PPE

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Frontline Heroes: Pretty tyre-d — but on the road daily with vital deliveries
Frontline Heroes: Pretty tyre-d — but on the road daily with vital deliveries
Stephen Collins, motorbike rider volunteers with Bravo Tango Charlie, a Covid- 19 emergency kit service which is delivering PPE and other essential goods to hospitals, nursing homes and other care settings across the country. Photo: Moya Nolan

Tue, 26 May, 2020

INTO: Teachers and students might need PPE when schools reopen
INTO: Teachers and students might need PPE when schools reopen
The country's largest teachers' union says primary school children might have to wear personal protective equipment when they go back to class.

Sat, 16 May, 2020

Coronavirus: Two meat plants confirm positive tests among workers
Coronavirus: Two meat plants confirm positive tests among workers
Two meat processing plants have now confirmed that some staff members have tested positive for Covid-19.

Fri, 01 May, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Pandemic reflects our humanity
Irish Examiner View: Pandemic reflects our humanity
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair …”

Wed, 29 Apr, 2020

Covid-19 notification service for families of those living in disability centres
Covid-19 notification service for families of those living in disability centres
The government has instructed the HSE to look at a standard way of telling families when a Covid-19 outbreak hits a residential service for people with intellectual disabilities.

Mon, 27 Apr, 2020

Chinese cities donate 40,000 face masks to Cork hospitals
Chinese cities donate 40,000 face masks to Cork hospitals
Some of China's largest cities have donated 40,000 face masks to Cork hospitals thanks to an almost 20-year twinning link.

Mon, 27 Apr, 2020

10,000 face masks sent to Cork from Chinese university
10,000 face masks sent to Cork from Chinese university
Ten thousand face masks have been sent to Cork by the Minzu University of China (MUC) in Beijing - a partner university to University College Cork (UCC).

Fri, 24 Apr, 2020

Chinese university donates 10,000 masks to Cork hospital
Chinese university donates 10,000 masks to Cork hospital
Chinese alumni of UCC donate toward purchase of PPE for Cork University Hospital

Fri, 24 Apr, 2020

Cleaners on the frontline during Covid crisis
Cleaners on the frontline during Covid crisis
Dedicated to fighting the spread of Covid-19 in Cork University Hospital, Fiona Grant has taken only one day off in the last four weeks. “I’m exhausted but it’s for a good cause,” says the housekeeping worker, who has been coming in on her days off.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

Unsuitable PPE received from China will be replaced; Surgeon warns medical staff making their own
Unsuitable PPE received from China will be replaced; Surgeon warns medical staff making their own
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said that the 20% of personal protective equipment (PPE) received from China that is not suitable will be corrected in further deliveries due later this week.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

Social Democrat TD Roisin Shortall says PPE can be produced in Ireland
Social Democrat TD Roisin Shortall says PPE can be produced in Ireland
She wants to bring manufacturers, innovators, scientists, academics and businesses together to provide PPE for frontline healthcare staff.

Sun, 05 Apr, 2020

Doctors demand to know when staff will get proper equipment
Doctors demand to know when staff will get proper equipment
As the Covid-19 death toll here continues to grow, doctors fighting the pandemic are demanding a clear timeline as to when those on the frontlines will no longer be put at risk from the use of substandard personal protective equipment (PPE).

Sat, 04 Apr, 2020

Paschal Donohoe says PPE from China is not standard for Irish health service
Paschal Donohoe says PPE from China is not standard for Irish health service
Concerns raised over standard of PPE available to healthcare staff.

Fri, 03 Apr, 2020

HSE chief executive says further PPE may be needed; Harris introduces new GP regulations
HSE chief executive says further PPE may be needed; Harris introduces new GP regulations
Health Minister Simon Harris said it will take some pressure off doctors and will limit the requirement of patients to visit their GP.

Fri, 03 Apr, 2020

Coronavirus: Protective equipment stolen from hospitals
Coronavirus: Protective equipment stolen from hospitals

Personal protection equipment has been stolen from children’s hospitals, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Wed, 11 Mar, 2020

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