Washington hospitals find counterfeits in N95 mask supplies
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Q13 New s AJ Janavel reports
SEATTLE - Dozens of Washington state hospitals learned that N95 respirator masks believed to be purchased from 3M Company are counterfeits that were not manufactured by the company.
The Washington State Hospital Association on Friday alerted the state’s hospitals about a notification from 3M that some masks were knockoffs, The Seattle Times reported.
The association asked the state’s 115 hospitals to sort through mask supplies and pull potentially affected equipment from their supplies.
Several hospitals sent masks to Minnesota-based 3M for testing and the company confirmed Saturday that some were counterfeit, the hospital association said.
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“Rural areas are at a disadvantage when it comes to health care access and infrastructure. We have a shared commitment of working to help set these communities up for success,” McMorris Rodgers wrote in the letter. “I urge your administration to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach to vaccine distribution, and to continue to provide certain priority population tiering flexibilities, so that health care providers can expeditiously administer the vaccine and avoid wastage.”