| New Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Decontaminate Respirators | ||
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| On April 9, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization 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 to decontaminate compatible N95 or N95-equivalent respirators.
-Hydrogen peroxide sterilization is a low temperature sterilization process that utilizes hydrogen peroxide vapor. The vapor fills the sterilization chamber, penetrates the device and sterilizes exposed surfaces. The STERIS V-PRO Decontamination Cycle is capable of processing 10 respirators at one time through a process that takes approximately 28 minutes to complete. Each respirator can be processed up to 10 times for single-user reuse. |
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| This EUA is estimated to support decontamination – Dr Ajay Gambhir MD MD |
N95 & Other reuse methods
