Study: Rice Cookers May Actually Be A Good Way To Clean Face Masks
Ideastream—WCPN: New research co-authored by Sarah Redmond, Curtis J. Donskey and Lucas Jones of the School of Medicine, is highlighted for examining whether brief treatments of steam—using a kitchen rice cooker—can decontaminate face masks. The study discovered the method was more effective than dry heat or using ultraviolet light at cleaning cloth masks, surgical masks, and N95 respirators—and was nearly as effective as the common practice of using concentrated hydrogen peroxide.