Monday, April 13, 2020
A professor at Waterloo Engineering has teamed up with researchers in New Zealand on a proposed system to disinfect all kinds of personal protective equipment (PPE) so it can be reused in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two-step process developed by Bill Anderson and three collaborators involves storage of used PPE for at least four days, followed by treatment with either ultraviolet light, dry heat or chemicals.
“New PPE is always going to be better, but this two-step approach would be highly effective if reuse was necessary,” said Anderson, a professor of chemical engineering.
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