OrthoNebraska is working with the Omaha Metro Health Care Coalition to collect and disinfect N95 masks for health care organizations and first responders in the five-county metropolitan area. The ...

Hospitals around the world are using a Wisconsin company’s technology to better disinfect hospital rooms. “Our international inquiries have gone through the roof,” said Jeffrey Veenhuis, president and ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Exposing contaminated N95 respirators to vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) or ultraviolet (UV) ...

GREENSBORO — To help protect patients and staff from coronavirus, Cone Health is using ultraviolet light and robots to frequently disinfect facilities. In a recent test at the Texas Biomedical ...

Researchers have confirmed that there are several effective methods for decontaminating the N95 masks worn by health professionals so that they can be used more than once, the National Institutes of ...

A National Institutes of Health study shows that N95 masks can be decontaminated and reused safely only two or three times, according to MedPage Today. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, ...

Electric cookers can disinfect N95 masks in one 50-minute cycle under dry heat while keeping their filtration and fit. This could help hospitals and clinics with mask shortages during the coronavirus ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care workers about certain N95 respirators, or masks, that are no longer approved for use due to "serious" quality concerns, according to an ...