Safety Equipment Group Backs WHO Performance Standards For Ebola-Related PPE

A key safety equipment trade group is endorsing a set of new international specifications for choosing personal protective equipment (PPE) for stopping the spread of Ebola among health care workers and patients, saying selection of PPE should be tied to established performance standards and not “panic buys” stemming from Ebola-related crises. The new World Health Organization specifications -- devised by a global panel of disease control experts -- provide that equipment selection to protect workers should be based on industry-tested...