4月7日星報(bào)報(bào)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(hù)裝備，加拿大威靈頓一名電梯修理工設(shè)計(jì)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(fù)使用。該工人與當(dāng)?shù)睾献鳈C(jī)構(gòu)安裝了兩臺紫外線消毒設(shè)備樣機(jī)，送去當(dāng)?shù)匾患裔t(yī)療結(jié)構(gòu)和一所小型醫(yī)院進(jìn)行使用。他說設(shè)計(jì)這款消毒設(shè)備是受到了紐約時(shí)報(bào)報(bào)道的內(nèi)布拉斯加醫(yī)學(xué)中心大學(xué)研究人員用紫外線消毒口罩的啟發(fā)。有關(guān)醫(yī)療機(jī)構(gòu)還未能證實(shí)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.