Debbie Cockrell: Tacoma health systems discover suspected counterfeit N95s in supplies amid statewide search
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/9/2021 Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Feb. 9 The Washington State Hospital Association on Monday offered an update on counterfeit 3M N95 respirators distributed to area hospitals, first discovered via a federal alert issued Friday.
Hospitals in Washington state have submitted masks to 3M for analysis. Over the weekend, according to WSHA, 3M confirmed that at least some of the masks were not made by the company.
According to the WSHA in a news release Monday, 3M has flagged several lot numbers as potentially used by counterfeiters; these lot numbers are among the stock purchased by Washington State hospitals and by the hospital association.
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Dozens of hospitals in Washington state have learned that N95 respirator masks believed to be purchased from 3M are knockoffs and were not manufactured by the company.