Blue Cross, North Memorial Health making homemade covers to reuse N95 masks

Help is on the way for Minnesota's health care workers that are stretching supplies of personal protective equipment thin to fight COVID-19. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and North Memorial Health are teaming up to use surgical wrap as protective covers for N95 masks, according to a press release issued Tuesday. The solution, initially developed by the University of Florida, prolongs the effectiveness of the masks by preven ting them from getting dirty or damaged. Surgical wrap is…
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