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PPE for nurses: why women find it is still not fit for purpose
More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, a Nursing Standard survey finds nurses may still struggle to find good quality, appropriately-fitting PPE
Erin Dean
Posted 02 September 2022 - 14:19
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