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N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused in hospitals, the FDA says

It's not an order: Hospitals are still legally permitted to sterilize and reuse N95s.

In this May 2020 photo, a respiratory therapist pulled on a second mask over her N95 mask before adding a face shield as she got ready to go into a patient's room in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in Seattle.
In this May 2020 photo, a respiratory therapist pulled on a second mask over her N95 mask before adding a face shield as she got ready to go into a patient's room in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in Seattle.Read moreElaine Thompson / AP
    by Martha Mendoza and Juliet Linderman, The Associated Press
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