The speaker Debbie Janson, senior lecturer at the University of Bath’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been recognised by the Women’s Engineering Society for her research on improving safety footwear for women, and her study of gender and sex differences in PPE and design inadequacies across the PPE industry, an area she was motivated to research after facing these issues in her 20-year career in industry.
PPE is traditionally designed around a standard European or U.S. man’s form. This poses a lot of problems, not only for women, but for men who are not of average build – we all have different face and body shapes’ .The issue of ill-fitting PPE had been brought into sharp focus by the Covid pandemic, particularly as women account for 70% of all NHS staff in the UK and 89% of nurses on the front line.
Mrs Janson has acknowledged the challenges of designing and supplying PPE but stated the industry needs to implement rapid change.
This meeting will provide the opportunity to update our understanding of selecting appropriate PPE and is really important and topical given the present challenges the pandemic has caused.
The Teams link to the meeting is below.
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