As a part of controlling the spread of COVID-19, South Eastern Railway (SER) has been manufacturing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Kits to railway doctors, paramedical staff, nurses, other health care personnel and frontline employees. These PPE Kits are manufactured mainly at Kharagpur Workshop and Kharagpur Division of SER. The PPE Kits include Face Cover, Eye Shield, NS-95 Mask, Coverall Gown with Hood, Shoe Cover, Gloves etc.
Kharagpur Workshop has manufactured 134t0 PPE Kits while Kharagpur Division has produced 1300 PPE Kits so far. SER, in total, has till now manufactured 2640 Personal Protective Equipment Kits. The material used is non-woven polypropylene barrier fabric which is impermeable to blood and bodily fluids. Not only the stitching is to be seamless but it requires special tape and taping machine to cover the stitching with tape.
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