Certain Chinese-Made Respirators No Longer Authorized By FDA

After CDC concerns about the quality of Chinese-manufactured respirators, the US FDA has pulled a number of products from its list of authorized respirators for health care providers. The agency said the remaining authorized respirators made in China are no longer eligible for use after being decontaminated due to concerns about their ability to hold up after decontamination.

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The US Food and Drug Administration has pulled emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for a slew of certain respirators made in China due to subpar performance testing. Those that remain on the list are no longer eligible for use after decontamination due to concerns about manufacturing quality.

As the novel coronavirus pandemic gripped the US and caused a nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment, the FDA issued a broad EUA for filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) that were...

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