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U.K. Inventor Sterilizes PPE Using UV & Ozone

Kathie McInnes at Stoke-on-Trent Live reports an 82-year-old inventor has designed a way to sterilise personal protective equipment so it can be safely reused by hospital staff. Retired engineer Derek Wardle came up with the brainwave while doing a PhD through Staffordshire University. Derek Wardle has just completed a PhD through Staffordshire UniversityNow the grandfather, from Trentham, hopes to work with an independent lab on further testing. Derek said: “As soon as coronavirus began, and I heard they were using gowns, aprons and visors just the once then throwing them away, I thought why don’t I, as a volunteer, try and…
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