New study finds reuse of N95 masks can decrease effectiveness, with trifold masks showing highest failure rate after one shift.

Vaporized hydrogen peroxide was the most beneficial of four methods tested. The study, which has not been peer reviewed, also found that ultraviolet light and heat treatments can extend mask life.

How does California plan to stem a personal protective equipment shortage? Hospitals will sterilize previously worn N95 respirator masks and reuse them. Across California, hospitals are readying ...

How many times can I reuse my N95 mask? It depends, but you should be able to use N95s and KN95s a few times. The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says health care workers can wear ...

Nurses and other front-line clinicians are raising concerns about a decontamination system used to disinfect N95 masks amid the pandemic, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Teaching safe respirator reuse To develop their project on teaching safe N95 mask reuse, Sly and three fellow DNP candidates watched hundreds of instructional videos on mask wearing available through ...

The N95 respirator masks that health care workers need to protect themselves while treating coronavirus patients are in dangerously short supply.

Duke University Health System researchers have devised a way to decontaminate the N95 masks that hospitals nationwide have been clamoring for during the coronavirus pandemic.

How often you can safely wear an N95 or KN95 mask will depend on how it’s used. Here’s what you need to know and how to get a free one now.

California suggests masks like N95, KN95, KF94 or a surgical mask paired with a cloth mask is the best way to protect yourself from omicron.