COVID-19 UPDATES: Stay informed with our resource hub.Monday - Friday 5AM - 5PM (PST)By clicking this link, you are leaving the Advanced Sterilization Products, Inc. and its affiliates (“ASP”) website and entering a website hosted by a third-party (“Third-Party Site”) for which ASP has no control or input. View the full release here: STERRAD® Systems can process up to 480 masks per machine daily and potentially triple the lifespan of much-needed N95 masks amid pandemic (Photo: Business Wire)The evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a mass shortage of N95 masks for healthcare professionals around the world. Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), a global leader in infection prevention, announced today the company has qualified a new reprocessing protocol that can extend the lifespan of single-use N95 masks (respirators) utilizing STERRAD ® Systems already available in most US hospitals and globally. Press release: Businesswire.comAdvanced Sterilization Products (ASP), a global leader in infection prevention, announced today the company has qualified a new reprocessing protocol that can extend the lifespan of single-use N95 masks (respirators) utilizing STERRADThis press release features multimedia. 1 Utilizing equipment already available onsite in many US hospitals, STERRAD Systems … The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reminds reprocessing staff in health care facilities to use the correct decontamination cycle associated with certain models of the Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) STERRAD Sterilization Systems and to only decontaminate compatible N95 or N95-equivalent respirators for reuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. STERRAD sterilizers, made by Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), an Irvine, California firm, are a common sight in hospitals around the world.
Third-Party Sites may have different privacy and security policies and ASP recommends reviewing all applicable policies, including before providing any personal or confidential information. IRVINE, Calif. April 13, 2020 – Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), a Fortive (NYSE:FTV) company and global leader in infection prevention, has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of STERRAD ® Systems to decontaminate compatible N95 respirators. By clicking this link, you are leaving the Advanced Sterilization Products, Inc. and its affiliates (“ASP”) website and entering a website hosted by a third-party (“Third-Party Site”) for which ASP has no control or input. This press release features multimedia. ASP qualified a protocol for reprocessing select N95 masks so hospitals can triple the lifespan of the mask using the STERRAD“We are a company dedicated to keeping people safe, so we are proud to bring forth this new protocol to help extend the functionality of mission-essential N95 masks at this critical time,” said Dominic Ivankovich, President of ASP…. Please be advised that upon leaving our website you will no longer be subject to, or under the protections of, our Privacy and Security policies. ASP is not responsible for the content of the Third-Party Site and does not guarantee or endorse the information, recommendations, products or services offered on any Third-Party Site unless expressly stated by ASP.