In the health care setting, there is an increasing need for a self-donning surgical gown that health care personnel can don without the need for any assistance. Also, in the context of Crisis ...

A trade association and the U.S. Labor Department offered very different interpretations of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 decision in IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez when they commented on its application to ...

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It is important that workers know how to properly put on and take off their PPE to protect themselves and those in their households. COVID-19 continues to be a concern for everyone. As we experience ...

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As we wrote in our January Labor Alert, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp. interpreted the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's Section 3(o) to apply to putting on ...

Medical examination gloves are important safety protection for both the healthcare worker and patient, and to be effective requires correct donning and doffing. Select the right glove size for your ...

Time spent putting on or taking off unique protective gear or clothing. Time spent walking from a company locker room after putting on such equipment. Time spent walking to the company locker room ...

Treating someone with Ebola involves a painstaking process of suiting up and peeling off protective gear, or in hospital speak, "donning and doffing." Last month, after two Dallas nurses became ...

Scientists have succeeded in developing a safe and easy self-donning and self-adjusting surgical gown called 'Selfgown,' which could also minimize environmental infection from splashes when taking off ...