Proposal for a EN 149 acceptable reprocessing method for FFP2 respirators in times of severe shortage.

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2020)

FFP2 respirators can be safely reprocessed once after decontamination with plasma peroxide sterilization, whereafter they still fulfill EN 149 requirements. This allows to almost double the current number of available FFP2 respirators.

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