Personal Protective Equipment

• Masking no longer required in Alberta health facilities

  With COVID-19 cases in decline, Alberta Health Services is dropping its requirement for people to mask up inside health-care facilities. The change takes effect on June 19.

  Health

  Jun 15
  
• Saint-Laurent warehouse that stores raw materials for COVID-19 supplies destroyed by fire

  MedSup Medical, a manufacturer and wholesaler of medical protective supplies, lost its warehouse that housed raw materials and some finished products in the blaze.

  Canada

  Jan 24
  
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• PPE recycling comes to Saskatchewan hospitals in a first for the province

  The initiative is starting in Saskatoon City Hospital before being implemented across facilities.

  Environment

  May 19, 2022
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• Medicom to build $120-million nitrile glove plant in London, Ont.,

  London, Ont., will soon be home to the first manufacturing facility for nitrile gloves outside of Asia, with AMD Medicome Inc. breaking ground on a new facility.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2022
• Ontario launches new plan to prepare for health emergencies, includes PPE stockpile

  Ontario is seeking to recruit more nurses in underserved communities, permanently boost personal support worker pay, and maintain a stockpile of personal protective equipment.

  Health

  Mar 29, 2022
• COVID-19 PPE available free to non-health-care organizations in Alberta

  Extra supplies of sanitizer, masks and disinfectant are being made available for free to non-health-care organizations like daycares, NGOs and food-service providers.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2021
• Biotech firm expands to London, Ont. to produce material for PPE

  'We make material that uses agricultural waste products that can be from some crops or it can be from dairy — even grapes we're looking at,' said COO Nigel Miller.

  Health

  Aug 11, 2021
• Experts urge caution as Canada’s COVID-19 waste washes up on coastlines

  While disposable masks may look like they are made of paper or natural fabric, they are manufactured using polymers that sometimes take decades or centuries to decompose.

  Environment

  Jun 19, 2021
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• Ottawa investing as much as $29M in company to make PPE mask material in Montreal

  The factory is expected to supply enough fabric to produce over half a billion masks per year.

  Economy

  Jun 17, 2021
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• Canada’s efforts to buy pandemic PPE to be assessed by auditor general

  The federal government spent more than $7 billion last year to buy everything from personal protective equipment, to hand sanitizer and rapid tests.

  Canada

  May 26, 2021