How to Use personal protective equipment in a Sentence

personal protective equipment

noun
  • The use of personal protective equipment is optional but encouraged for those who choose to wear it.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Health risks persisted even when personal protective equipment was being used, the agency found.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Each worker must don personal protective equipment and put on special boots before entering the area.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 29 July 2025
  • The passengers can be seen clad in personal protective equipment, with some pointing their phones towards the shore where the world’s media awaits.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
  • The team also conducts audits on personal protective equipment and hand hygiene.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
  • States are trying to give away personal protective equipment that could be worn in milking parlors, but again, few farms have expressed interest.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 26 June 2024
  • Always wear the proper personal protective equipment when working in the landscape.
    — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
  • He was monitored around the clock, and a nurse wearing personal protective equipment was constantly at his bedside.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 17 May 2026
  • Getting workers to use personal protective equipment also is a challenge.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
  • At least one person didn’t wear full personal protective equipment to prevent contamination of the drugs.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 July 2025
  • In most cases, these workers wear some kind of PPE (personal protective equipment).
    — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2024
  • This caution is often evidenced in a push to provide first responders with masks and other personal protective equipment.
    — Henry Larweh, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The patient had direct exposure to an infected cow and wasn’t wearing any personal protective equipment.
    — Carmel Wroth, NPR, 30 May 2024
  • Clerks used the money for personal protective equipment and drop boxes for absentee ballots, for example.
    — Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Efforts to spot and warn of counterfeit personal protective equipment was also halted due to the layoffs, officials said.
    — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 2 May 2025
  • This personal protective equipment is unworkable because wildland firefighting includes hiking for miles and digging in the dirt for days and weeks at a time.
    — Riva Duncan, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
  • The first group of passengers, wearing face masks and head-to-toe personal protective equipment, were kept strictly secluded from members of the public as a small boat brought them ashore.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 10 May 2026
  • Bill Morse puts on personal protective equipment before entering a landmine field in Siem Reap.
    — Anton L. Delgado, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The meatpacking giant also charges workers when someone takes or damages their personal protective equipment and insists on a three-year agreement, the union said.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Health workers enter the Hondius wearing personal protective equipment.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC news, 18 May 2026
  • Veterinary practices turned to telemedicine to conserve personal protective equipment and flatten the coronavirus curve.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • While device makers who would take a big hit from the tariffs are pushing for a new carve out, the makers of personal protective equipment — who stand to benefit from the barriers — are not.
    — Bertha Coombs, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Then, explore possibilities to isolate that hazard or change how it is performed, and only as a last resort, use personal protective equipment.
    — Borislav "bobby" Marinov, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Soon after, firefighters clad with gas masks and full personal protective equipment arrived on scene to mitigate the leak, which developed a full vapor plume spewing from the top of the tank car.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Workers also need to use personal protective equipment to prevent spread of the virus to healthy animals and to protect themselves from potential infection.
    — Kimberly Dodd, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Ellis recommends using personal protective equipment, such as dust masks and gloves, when applying diatomaceous earth.
    — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 24 June 2026
  • Four years after health workers were forced to reuse masks and other supplies to get through the dark days of the pandemic, the idea of recycling personal protective equipment is going mainstream.
    — Maya Goldman, Axios, 17 July 2024
  • Although dozens of cows were sick, and their owner expected that number to climb, none of the farm’s workers wore personal protective equipment and vehicles from off site were let in and out with nary a hint of concern.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
  • County officials urged those who can return to their properties to do so wearing personal protective equipment and to avoid all burn areas unless cleared by authorities.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Health officials have been urging dairy workers to wear personal protective equipment in milking parlors, for example, given the sky-high levels of virus in cows’ udders and their milk.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 16 July 2024

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