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University of Massachusetts Amherst: Urgent Research Shows Face Masks Can Be Safely Reused by Pandemic Medical Workers
March 28, 2020
AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus issued the following news:

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- Findings from UMass Amherst scientist may ease critical equipment shortage

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Medical face masks, which have fallen into short supply during the COVID-19 pandemic, endangering both frontline health care workers and their patients, may be safely reused after sterilization, according to initial results from urgent research cond . . .

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