Single-use N95 respirators can be decontaminated and used again, study finds – Medical Xpress

N95 respirators, which are widely worn by health care workers treating patients with COVID-19 and are designed to be used only once, can be decontaminated effectively and used up to three times, according to research by UCLA scientists and colleagues.
An early-release version of their study has been published online, with the full study to appear in September in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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