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Coronavirus mask decontamination process approved by FDA as workers face shortage
Duke Health announces coronavirus decontamination for N95 masks
Duke Health has formulated a technology that decontaminates medical masks for re-purposing. FOX Business’ Ashley Webster with more.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a decontamination process that could clean up to 4 million medical masks for frontline health care workers per day, according to the agency.
As doctors and nurses face ongoing shortages for personal protective equipment while treating coronavirus patients, the FDA has provided an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a decontamination process that would allow N95 masks, originally intended for single-use, to be cleaned using vaporized hydrogen peroxide gas.
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