Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization To Decontaminate Millions of N95 Respirators

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization To Decontaminate Millions of N95 Respirators

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) that has the potential to decontaminate approximately 4 million N95 or N95-equivalent respirators per day in the U.S. for reuse by health care workers in hospital settings. “Our nation’s health care workers are among the many heroes of this pandemic and we need to do everything we can to increase the availability of the critical medical devices they need, like N95 respirators,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D. “FDA staff continue to work around the clock, across government and with the private sector to ...

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