FDA Approves Technology to Sterilize Masks at Full Capacity in Ohio, Other States

The Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System is capable of decontaminating up to 80,000 respirator masks per system each day.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted thanked President Trump and Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D. of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the full approval of the use of new technology to sterilize desperately-needed surgical masks in Ohio and other parts of the United States. 

The FDA has authorized Columbus-based Battelle to deploy its groundbreaking technology to sterilize surgical masks without a daily limit, which will allow Battelle to operate at its desired capacity. The Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System is capable of decontaminating up to 80,000 respirator masks per system each day.