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MOPH develops reusable PPE

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT)-Medical workers who are at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic face the highest risk of infection. Personal Protective Equipment or PPE is essential to protect themselves against the virus, however it can only be used once. Now, the Ministry of Public Health has joined forces with related agencies to developed reusable PPEs that are domestically manufactured.

 

The newly developed PPE comes in the form of a long-sleeve protective gown that can be washed and reworn at least 20 times; it is intended to be used as a substitute for the conventional single-use gowns.

 

It is the result of cooperative development between the Food and Drugs Administration, the Government Pharmaceutical Organization, the Department of Medical Sciences, the Department of Science Service, Thailand Textile Institute, and 13 certified manufacturers.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul, said today the safety of medical workers and patients has been the main priority in the development of the new reusable PPE.

 

The Ministry of Public Health aims to manufacture this protective wear domestically, which will help reduce the cost of some 10 billion baht for PPE imports.

 

The first 44,000 new PPEs have already been manufactured. The MOPH Permanent Secretary Sukhum Karnchanapimai said today that all these PPEs will be taken to the Government Pharmaceutical Organization this month, before being delivered to the medical supplies distribution center, responsible for the distribution of these much needed items to hospitals across the country.

 

Source: http://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG200510142844061

 

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[PETERTHEEATER]

I applaud this initiative but some detail as to the materials used would give it more credit. Just keep Mr Anutin away from the process.

[loong]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The MOPH Permanent Secretary Sukhum Karnchanapimai said today that all these PPEs will be taken to the Government Pharmaceutical Organization this month, before being delivered to the medical supplies distribution center, responsible for the distribution of these much needed items to hospitals across the country.

Why not deliver them straight to the medical supplies distribution center and cut out one link in the chain?

[hotchilli]

Got have a middleman... or two or three otherwise it wouldn't be Thailand.

[digger70]

4 hours ago, loong said:

Why not deliver them straight to the medical supplies distribution center and cut out one link in the chain?

The Government Pharmaceutical Organization most likely need to Tax the gowns before they can be distributed .

[DrTuner]

There have been many threads about things MoPH is initating, but zero follow-up.

 

How about those PTT/MIT/co test kits? What's the status of local manufacturing for the RT-PCR kits? Or the big one, how many tests per day and in which labs are they able to do the tests?

 

Yeah, would require investigative journalism instead of copy-pasting PR releases.

Edited May 11, 2020 by DrTuner

[CGW]

1 minute ago, DrTuner said:

Yeah, would require investigative journalism instead of copy-pasting PR releases.

Don't believe such a thing exists anymore - progress! ???? 

[bluesofa]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

MOPH develops reusable PPE

Private enterprise has been doing this already - used face masks into a washing machine and sell them on.

[Redline]

You mean the rest of the world could not figure out how to create a washable gown?  Will they wash them one by one, or will they be pilled up and moved from place to place by other people?  Anyone can make a cotton gown to be washed, or maybe I don’t get it?  I have heavy cotton masks.  I’m no expert, but I thought disposable gowns were disposable so they could be put directly into contaminated waste containers, and not have them hanging around to contaminate others?

Edited May 11, 2020 by Redline

[rickudon]

Have they tested them yet?