# How One Company Innovated to Keep Healthcare Workers Safe

Published 2021-08-25 · Updated 2026-06-09 · Healthcare on MarketScale
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> When the COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States, one of the first warning signs that medical facilities weren’t prepared for the effects of the virus was the lack of personal protective equipment available to frontline healthcare workers. Manufacturers have risen to meet this challenge and innovated beyond what we had seen before. One manufacturer, Bullard,…

When the COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States, one of the first warning signs that medical facilities weren’t prepared for the effects of the virus was the lack of personal protective equipment available to frontline healthcare workers. Manufacturers have risen to meet this challenge and innovated beyond what we had seen before. One manufacturer, Bullard, created a new respirator called Salus. We asked Chad Wedding, Senior Mechanical Engineer at Bullard, for his thoughts on how Bullard used their deep knowledge of protective equipment to rethink the respirator. Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B! Twitter – @MarketScale Facebook – facebook.com/marketscale LinkedIn – linkedin.com/company/marketscale

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