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Collected Item: “Sunnybrook is re-processing N95 masks, should the need for use arise”

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Sunnybrook is re-processing N95 masks, should the need for use arise

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Video and Article

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Sunnybrook Hospital began researching how to sterilize masks in April 2020 as the PPE shortages had become so severe. In the video, Dr. Jerome Leis explains the research.

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HIST9801, Canada, hospitals, Toronto, research, PPE, masks

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https://sunnybrook.ca/media/item.asp?c=1&i=2132&page=33939&f=reprocessing-sterilizing-n95-mask

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Sunnybrook Hospital

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2020-04-08
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