AIIMS issues guidelines on how to reuse PPE amid falling medical stocks

The All Indian Institue of Medical Science (AIIMS) on Wednesday issued new guidelines on reusing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, reacting after a shortage of safety gear.

The Delhi institution stressed that the methods for disinfection should only be considered as extraordinary last-resort methods in the event of an imminent shortage of such kits.

According to the AIIMS guidelines, the decontamination of PPE kits for the purpose of reuse is currently not recommended, primarily because of concerns that it would degrade the performance, especially of the respirator, PTI reported. But then, decontamination