PPE

[pee-pee-ee]

abbreviation

1. personal protective equipment: specialized clothing or other wearable gear that minimizes one’s exposure to sources of illness or injury, and in medical contexts helps to inhibit the spread of infection to others.

   Entering week three of this viral outbreak, the demand for disposable PPE, especially gloves and respirators, has already begun to exceed the supply.

2. British.,  philosophy, politics, and economics.

   Gerald is studying PPE at Oxford.

PPE

abbreviation

1. philosophy, politics, and economics: a university course

2. personal protective equipment: clothing and equipment used to ensure personal safety in the workplace

Example Sentences

Wimbledon MP Kohler, who compared the situation to the PPE scandal during the Covid pandemic, said he was not against private companies operating in the sector, but that the government needed to get out of the current contracts.

From BBC

On Wednesday a judge ordered PPE Medpro to repay £122m as the gowns it supplied did not meet sterility certification standards.

From BBC

However, £83m of that was paid to other companies and there was a "very strong case" for the administrator to chase them for the money, the PPE Medpro spokesperson said.

From BBC

When Mr Barrowman spoke to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg in 2023, he said PPE Medpro was set up as a consortium with companies called Loudwater Trade and Finance and Eric Beare Associates.

From BBC

In that interview, Mr Barrowman said: "The British government would have preferred to always trade with a UK company, so we created PPE Medpro as a UK business, so that the three partners could provide PPE to the British government."

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