With supplies of N95 respirator masks stretched thin during the coronavirus pandemic, decontamination of used masks can help meet demand. Based on a review of scientific literature, there are four ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some decontamination methods — specifically, methods using high concentrations of gas plasma hydrogen peroxide — ...

A number of decontamination systems have been granted Emergency Use Authorization status by the FDA to increase the number of N95 face masks available to healthcare workers. A notable shortage in ...

NASA's Glenn Research Center and University Hospitals have collaborated to develop new ways to decontaminate personal protective equipment (PPE) for applications in aerospace and medicine to safeguard ...

Certain methods of decontaminating medical face masks for repeated use during the COVID-19 pandemic appear to damage the masks' integrity and protective function, according to research by a University ...

Kelly Brothers, RN, a nurse at UCSF wears an N95 mask and face shield while testing a person for COVID-19. Photo by Susan Merrell As health workers and first responders try to stem a pandemic without ...

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center ...

Widespread shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers persist and are being exacerbated by continuing problems with global supplies. Uncertainty, even for those front-line ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (July 27, 2016) -- Removing chemical, biological, radiological and toxic contaminants from a range of surface types could become as easy as peeling off a sticker. U.S.