From a VCU release dated April 9, 2020
Experts from VCU Health and VCU Ventures researched, designed and constructed a process that can sterilize 12,000 N95 masks per day, approximately 12 times the number of masks VCU Health currently uses daily.
Riverside Health System Begins UV Disinfection Reprocessing of N95 Respirators to Further Conserve PPE
From a Cenevia release dated April 7, 2020:
Cenevia, a company comprised of all the federally qualified health centers in the Commonwealth of Virginia, today signed a contract to assure its health center providers will have sufficient face masks when the corona virus spikes in Virginia. Cenevia signed the contract with Battelle, an Ohio-based company that is the only one to receive the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approval to decontaminate respirator masks using concentrated, vapor phase hydrogen peroxide.
From NBC29, April 12, 2020:
University of Virginia Health is unveiling a new secret weapon: TRU-D, an ultraviolet room cleaning machine.
The machine is designed to clean rooms using ultraviolet radiation, which scours and penetrates one millimeter beneath. UVA is using that technology to clean masks, filling a room with as many as they can thanks to custom built racks.
From a Riverside Health System:
In an effort to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers amid the nationwide shortage and supply chain disruption caused by COVID-19, Riverside Health System has begun cleaning and reprocessing N95 respirators, infection prevention leadership announced this week.
From NBC29, April 12, 2020:
University of Virginia Health is unveiling a new secret weapon: TRU-D, an ultraviolet room cleaning machine.
The machine is designed to clean rooms using ultraviolet radiation, which scours and penetrates one millimeter beneath. UVA is using that technology to clean masks, filling a room with as many as they can thanks to custom built racks.