By AARON CHIYANZOTHE Indian manufacturers of the controversial gloves and condoms which Honey Bee Pharmacy supplied to the Ministry of Health have disputed the laboratory tests conducted by Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS).The manufacturers said ZABS’ results were faulty because the institution did not follow required test procedures as specified by the World Health Organisation.Both firms indicated that they had state of the art in-house laboratory that conduct pre-delivery quality control while other samples were sent to independent tests from other reputable laboratories to ascertain ZABS’ claims.They have now demanded for an independent evaluation of the ZABS test.Universal Prophylactic PVT Limited of India, the manufacturer of the condoms and Adeshwar Meditex Limited which manufactured the gloves have all discredited the results from ZABS.“We have found some discrepancies in their report. It has mentioned length of condom as 195mm as not being acceptable but it is acceptable as per ISO 4075: 2015 and WHO specifications. The […]
‘ZABS CONDOMS RESULTS FAULTY: MANUFACTURERS DISPUTE LAB RESULTS OF CONDOMS AND GLOVES SUPPLIED BY HONEY BEE’
