Mask Recycle Ozone UV

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   Since masks are going to be at a premium I'm wondering if ozone gas flowed through a mask and UV shined on the surface would allow their quicker reuse?  Anybody with any knowledge in this area?

I've looked at making a change area flooded with ozone and having UV lights in the ceiling, any thoughts?  Both ozone and UV sources can be setup to run off of batteries and are very low power.

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corky52 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: January 20 2006 Status: Offline Points: 168	Post Options Post Reply Quote corky52 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Mask Recycle Ozone UV Posted: February 03 2006 at 8:00am
	Since masks are going to be at a premium I'm wondering if ozone gas flowed through a mask and UV shined on the surface would allow their quicker reuse? Anybody with any knowledge in this area? I've looked at making a change area flooded with ozone and having UV lights in the ceiling, any thoughts? Both ozone and UV sources can be setup to run off of batteries and are very low power. Edited by corky52

Flubird Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: January 02 2006 Status: Offline Points: 43	Post Options Post Reply Quote Flubird Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 12 2006 at 2:23pm
	I have been thinking along the same lines for myself, and while I certainly do not want to reuse masks I plan to put used ones in some sort of disinfecting system such UV, ozone, chlorine - for days or weeks. I would only do this as a very last resort. Here's an FDA site that says NEVER to reuse a respirator and a related site on PPE. Apologies if this was posted elsewhere in these forums. http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ppe/masksrespirators.html http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ppe/fluoutbreaks.html#15 Here is a site a UNC, see second paragraph under NEWS about shortages of N95s and reuse - no mention of disinfecting that I saw unless I missed it. http://www.unc.edu/depts/spice/rep-vii-2.html Disclosure: I have no expertise or experience with this, just my opinion. Edited by Flubird
	There's a lot to learn, just my opinions here.