To respond to the shortage of N95 respirators, the Reuse working group has been instrumental in arranging for Battelle to bring their FDA-approved hydrogen peroxide decontamination system to Massachusetts. This system, which can decontaminate 80,000 respirators a day, will service not only MGH and BWH, but all Massachusetts health care facilities and first responders.
The Reuse group has also worked to develop an in-house sterilization method based on vaporized hydrogen peroxide, similar to the Battelle process, to decontaminate N95 respirators and other PPE. The in-house process can decontaminate over 10,000 respirators a day.
This group has also developed a low-cost, cart-size UVC decontamination equipment for remote sites.
Information for N95 decontamination methods is being shared nationally and internationally.
N95 Respirators during the decontamination process
UVC Decontamination
Low cost, cart-sized
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The Reuse working group has been instrumental in securing the Battelle system, has developed a low cost UVC decontamination system, and is publishing two papers on their results.