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EPISODE · Jul 13, 2020 · 3 MIN

Why do hospitals need so much PPE?

from Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists · host Dr Chris Smith

Carol got in touch to ask "The government has provided more than a billion items of PPE to hospitals. There have been 130,000 COVID cases in hospitals, about 10,000 items of PPE per patient. Can you find out why so much?" Eva Higginbotham put the question to medic Isabelle Cochrane... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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