Heating may effectively disinfect N95 masks for reuse: Study

LOS ANGELES: Heating may be the best way to disinfect N95 masks for reuse, according to a study which found that doing so preserves their filtration efficiency for 50 cycles. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, N95 face masks have been in short supply, said the researchers, including those from Stanford University in California, US. Health care workers, in particular, desperately need these masks to protect themselves from the respiratory...