As novel coronavirus continues to wreck human life across the globe, scientists and technical institutes have come up with useful tools to help mitigate the spread of the pathogen
IIT-Ropar makes device to clean, reuse PPE kits
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 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. The IIT-Ropar researchers have created a unique equipment that can clean and sterilise the protective wears in a three-way sterilisation process using ultrasonication, UV-C irradiation and oxidising treatment of the kits.
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 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. The IIT-Ropar researchers have created a unique equipment that can clean and sterilise the protective wears in a three-way sterilisation process using ultrasonication, UV-C irradiation and oxidising treatment of the kits.