Decontamination of N95 masks for re-use employing 7 widely available sterilization methods.

The response to the COVID-19 epidemic is generating severe shortages of personal protective equipment around the world. In particular, the supply of N95 respirator masks has become severely depleted, with supplies having to be rationed and health care workers having to use masks for prolonged period...

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Main Authors: Anand Kumar, Samantha B Kasloff, Anders Leung, Todd Cutts, James E Strong, Kevin Hills, Frank X Gu, Paul Chen, Gloria Vazquez-Grande, Barret Rush, Sylvain Lother, Kimberly Malo, Ryan Zarychanski, Jay Krishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243965