Columbus, Ohio – The personal protective equipment (PPE) shortage in Ohio remains severe. Governor Mike DeWine today made a plea to healthcare workers using N95 masks to send them to Battelle which can sterilize up to 160,000 masks each day, making them reusable up to 20 times.
“I want to make a public plea to everyone using these masks – every mask is precious, please don’t throw them away,” said Governor DeWine. “We are trying to get more N95 masks in Ohio, but we still don’t have enough. When you throw a mask away you are depriving someone else of having a mask because we only have so many.”
Hospitals should contact Battelle at battelle.org to arrange for mask sterilization.
Watch this VIDEO where Battelle explains how it works…
Governor DeWine also thanked Apple and Apple CEO, Tim Cook, for recently donating 100,000 N95 masks to Ohio for frontline healthcare workers. The masks will be added to Ohio’s stockpile for distribution.
More PPE donations for frontline workers are still urgently needed. To donate, please visit coronavirus.ohio.gov
