4月7日星報報道，鑒于N95口罩是新冠肺炎疫情防控前線人員最重要的防護裝備，加拿大威靈頓一名電梯修理工設(shè)計了一款N95口罩專用的紫外線消毒設(shè)備，可確保N95口罩安全重復使用。該工人與當?shù)睾献鳈C構(gòu)安裝了兩臺紫外線消毒設(shè)備樣機，送去當?shù)匾患裔t(yī)療結(jié)構(gòu)和一所小型醫(yī)院進行使用。他說設(shè)計這款消毒設(shè)備是受到了紐約時報報道的內(nèi)布拉斯加醫(yī)學中心大學研究人員用紫外線消毒口罩的啟發(fā)。有關(guān)醫(yī)療機構(gòu)還未能證實這款設(shè)備是否有效。

ELEVATOR TECHNICIAN DESIGNS UV-LIGHT N95 MASK TREATMENT

A Wellington, Canada, elevator technician has designed an ultraviolet (UV)-light treatment box to allow N95 masks — considered essential personal protective equipment for frontline coronavirus workers — safe to reuse, The Star reported on April 7. The technician, Farkas Baranyai, worked with local partners to assemble two model machines, which he sent to a local healthcare facility and a small hospital. Baranyai said he was inspired by a story in the The New York Times about University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers using UV light to sterilize the masks. Health authorities have yet to approve the UV sterilization system.