Indian varsity, IITD, AIIMS, textile mills develop PPE kit

24 Apr '20

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Haryana-based World University of Design (WUD), the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi and a few textile mills in Chennai have jointly developed indigenous personal protection equipment (PPE) kits for healthcare workers to fight against COVID-19, the private university in Sonipat announced recently.

The prototypes are currently undergoing the second round of testing in a Chennai hospital and are expected to go into production soon, WUD vice chancellor Sanjay Gupta said in a statement.

The design and production of these kits is open source, therefore any small or medium scale factory interested can take the design from us and start manufacturing them, according to a news agency report.

The accessory can be taken off by the wearer without touching the infected outer surface, Gupta said. There are no unnecessary openings and even micro-openings created while stitching the garment, which may provide a pathway for the virus to enter, are sealed off along with the seams, the statement said.

Loyal Textile Mills will start production once the suit sealing machine reaches the factory.

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