The unisex design doesn't fit all women properly, according to many who are working in healthcare.
In a video posted on Twitter, Dr Arghavan Salles joked about having"a small head" for PPE.
But the Royal College of Nursing has described"one-size-fits-all" personal protective equipment as"problematic" and"restrictive" when it can be worn for up to 12 hours during shifts. PPE includes gloves, masks, gowns and face shields. Dr Salles said she was given two masks to last her two weeks. She added that the smallest-sized gloves and goggles are also often too large."The goggles have a really good [protective] seal but they just don't fit."The growing call for more PPE specifically designed for women, sits against a backdrop of issues getting hold of PPE overall.
"That's particularly an acute problem in this context because the majority of healthcare workers are female and they get told things like, 'your face is a weird shape' - well it's not a weird shape, it's a female shape."calling on the Welsh government to source better PPE kit for women.Leanne Wood said poorly fitting PPE was"a scandal within the scandal" of the equipment's availability.
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