March 30, 2010 — Ordinary surgical masks are just as effective as high-filtration N95 respirators in protecting hospital staff from the novel pandemic influenza A strain H1N1, according to an ...
Domestic suppliers of N95 and surgical masks are crumbling as hospitals return to buying cheaper products abroad, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 4. About 70% of the startup mask companies ...
York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health joined the American Hospital Association’s “100 Million Mask Challenge,” which aims to address personal protective equipment challenges, the Gettysburg Times reports. 1 ...
Global medical technology company Halyard Health, formerly Kimberly-Clark Health Care, has introduced a new line of fluid-protective specialty surgical face masks to its product offerings. Although it ...
Due to rising cases of the flu and respiratory viruses in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Brown University Health will begin requiring patients, visitors and staff to wear level-two surgical masks ...
PROVIDENCE – Visitors and staff members at some major Rhode Island hospitals, including Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, will have to wear masks to prevent the spread of ...