Many PPE manufacturers in India have shared concerns regarding the safety protocols being followed in the making of PPE kits. Many manufacturers either don’t have BIS certification or lack testing labs on their premises.
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The Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA) recently announced that it has developed a filter cloth to make N99 masks in association with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
ASTM International is providing no-cost public access to a suite of two dozen important standards used in the production and testing of PPE to combat COVID-19.
Testing labs and other interested parties can now purchase washing machines programmed specifically to perform the wash cycle described in AATCC Monograph 6, Standardisation of Home Laundry Test Conditions (M6).