Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), their Standards, Donning-doffing Procedures and Challenges of Indian Drug Regulatory Authorities with the New Indian PPE Manufacturers
Personal Protective Equipment and Challenges
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Health care professionals rely on personnel protective equipment (PPE) including gown, gloves, goggles, face mask/N-95 respirators, and face shields etc to fight against COVID-19. The components of PPE act as an obstacle that prevents movement between infectious viral or bacterial contaminants and wearer’s mouth, nose or eyes and other parts of the body. All PPE is intended for use as medical device must follow the rules and regulations or standards for protection. The manufacturer has to show that they meet the prescribed criteria of competent authority in case of labelling, sterilisation criteria etc. the PPE must be biocompatible for at least 6-8 hrs. The wearer must follow the right procedure of donning and doffing of PPE. We here highlighted the various PPE with their standards, donning and doffing procedures, and challenges faced by Indian regulatory authority to maintain standards from the inland new manufacturers. Different research works are required to make the PPE fit and comfortable to accept for use for a long period.
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Personnel Protective Equipment, COVID-19, Donning, DoffingDownloads
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