KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Dr. Lee Norman said Friday the state stands ready to sanitize N95 masks for health care workers.
The state has secured decontamination systems from the nonprofit research organization Battelle.
The systems can run 10,000 masks through per day, Norman said, with potential to clean as many as 18,000.
Kansas has the systems for six months.
Norman said the service will come at no cost for health care providers, and any provider interested should call their county emergency management office for more information.
Non-health care agencies whose workers wear N95 masks are not qualified to receive the free decontamination, Norman said.
Norman said he is hopeful this discourages non-medical use of N95 masks and helps the state's efforts to conserve and build its personal protective equipment supply.
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