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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup April 10, 2020 | FDA

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup April 10, 2020 | FDA



Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup April 10, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic:

  • The FDA recently issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a blood purification system to treat patients 18 years of age or older with confirmed COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit with confirmed or imminent respiratory failure. The FDA issued the EUA to Terumo BCT Inc. and Marker Therapeutics AG for their Spectra Optia Apheresis System and Depuro D2000 Adsorption Cartridge devices.

  • The FDA recently issued an EUA to decontaminate compatible N95 or N95-equivalent respirators for reuse by health care workers in hospital settings. The FDA issued the EUA to STERIS Corporation for the STERIS V-PRO 1 Plus, maX and maX2 Low Temperature Sterilization Systems using the STERIS N95 Decontamination Cycle (non-lumen cycle), which uses vaporized hydrogen peroxide. This EUA will ...

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