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Personal protective equipment  

Definition

  • 1. Protective devices, garments, or coverings (such as respirators, helmets, face shields, boots, or gloves) that are worn especially by workers to minimize exposure to hazards that may cause injury or illness (Britannica). 2. Masks, shields, gloves, gowns, boots, or other equipment used to provide coverage against infectious agents or environmental hazards. (Ontobee, NCI Thesaurus OBO Edition). 2. Laboratory safety equipment that prevents or mitigates adverse laboratory events happening to an experimenter. (Ontobee, Chemical Methods Ontology)

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