Frederick Based Technology Company Develops Technology To Disinfect N95 Masks
FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ) -- A Maryland company is stepping in among the coronavirus pandemic, hoping to help get more N95 respirator masks into the hands of front line healthcare workers.
The Frederick-based INPRO Technologies says it has been talking with the FDA to use a prototype that can disinfect and decontaminate more than 1,000 masks per-hour and up to 25,000 masks per-day.
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The N95 masks are among the key personnel protective equipment that have been in short supply.
Last week, Gov. Larry Hogan announced a PPE decontamination site that will be opening at BWI that would be able to clean 80,000 N95 respirator masks a day.
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