Punjab: IIT-Ropar develops device to clean, reuse PPE kits

PATIALA: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar have come up with a technique to clean and sterilise personal protection equipment (PPE) kits, including surgical masks and other protective gears, without causing any damage to those.


PPE kits are in high demand by the doctors and medical staff. Medical staff in Patiala even staged a protest to get PPE kits to deal with Covid19 patients. The researchers said that the countries affected with the pandemic face scarcity of these kits.

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