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COVID-19 protection from the DEKRA laboratories
DEKRA is helping to bring additional protective masks to the German market to fight the coronavirus. DEKRA Testing & Certification in Essen is one of two laboratories in Germany that is suitable for testing protective coronavirus masks in accordance with new testing principles. The objective is to make protective masks that could not previously bear the required CE marking available in the fight against coronavirus with targeted tests.
Laboratories in Arnhem (the Netherlands) and Malaga (Spain) are currently involved in multiple assessment procedures for ventilators.
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Next to medical devices, there is also an accelerated process for Personal Protective Equipment like respiratory masks for the coronavirus pandemic.