0 abbreviation for personal protective equipment: equipment and clothing that protects people from health risks at work: --
Use protective gloves and other PPE, for example when sharps are involved.
PPE must be worn when working with compressed air.
1 abbreviation for philosophy, politics, and economics or politics, philosophy, and economics: a degree subject at some universities : --
His PPE degree from Oxford makes him one of the most inappropriately qualified blokes ever to play sport for a living.
They go to university, study PPE, get a researcher's job, then become a politician.
Some key workers like NHS staff are wearing PPE, such as masks, face visors, gloves and gowns.
All parts of the UK right now are facing supply challenges on PPE.
They were joined by around 20 police officers who were dressed head to toe in PPE .