With the commencement of unlocking procedures in India, the government has introduced certain relaxations in various sectors of the healthcare industry. Recently, the government has relaxed the norms for the manufacturers of personal protective equipment (PPE). These relaxations were aimed to bring the PPE manufacturers under the purview of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). What are the norms of relaxations given to the PPE manufacturing companies? Read on to know more.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) functions under the Consumer Affairs Ministry. This body is plays an integral part in standardizing different products, especially the protective gear used by doctors in this pandemic. However, now with unlocking processes in place, the BIS has decided to relax the norms for testing three kinds of PPEs- filter half masks, surgical face masks, and eye protectors. Earlier, license…
