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Questions are constantly being raised about the Personal Protection Equipment  (PPE) kit. About 63,000 kits from China are of poor quality. Assam has decided not to use 50,000 PPE kits sourced from China until their quality is certified.   The importance of PPE kit can be gauged from the fact that if a doctor or nurse treats a corona patient without wearing it, then there is a higher risk of getting infected. In such a situation it is important to know how and who does this test. The Ministry of National Health and Welfare in the country has authorized SITRA of Coimbatore, ie South India Textile Research Association, besides two of the Ordnance Factory Board in Kanpur, Chennai, Moradabad and Firozabad as well as DRDO's Gwalior Lab to produce the same PPE kit Can checks quality.   The oldest testing lab among them is SITRA. It has been doing synthetic blood penetrations test for the last five years. This test is being carried out under the ASTM 1670 standard, which ensures tha