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cord-304170-cmeiqvnp	van Straten, B.	Sterilization of disposable face masks by means of standardized dry and steam sterilization processes; an alternative in the fight against mask shortages due to COVID-19	2020-04-08		.txt	text/plain	710	42	55	authors: van Straten, B.; de Man, P.; van den Dobbelsteen, J.; Koeleman, H.; van der Eijk, A.; Horeman, T. title: Sterilization of disposable face masks by means of standardized dry and steam sterilization processes; an alternative in the fight against mask shortages due to COVID-19 In preparation for that scarcity we performed a study to investigate the possibility of reprocessing disposable FFP2 face masks in order to verify their re-usability with a method that could be applied in practice using already available equipment. The results of our experiences and experiments indicate that our sterilization process did not influence the functionality of the masks tested. The sterilization process of available standard autoclaves in hospitals may have to be adjusted in order to use this sterilization method. However, our method seems to be a potentially useful way to reuse mouth masks; other hospitals facing a shortage of masks may wish to test and validate this approach to reusing masks.	./cache/cord-304170-cmeiqvnp.txt	./txt/cord-304170-cmeiqvnp.txt