EAST LANSING, MI (WJXQ)– The number of pieces of personal protective equipment, or PPE, that can be cleaned and sanitized daily by Michigan State University is doubling to almost 15,000.
MSU had been using a heating process at an animal research facility, and is now adding a decontamination process that uses vaporized hydrogen peroxide to greatly increase how much can be cleaned.
The MSU Extension Food Processing Innovation Center revamped its equipment this month to heat and decontaminate N95 masks to allow them to be used multiple times, and the vaporized hydrogen peroxide usage means MSU can also clean face shields, goggles, gowns, and more PPE.
