Battelle PPE decontamination services offered free of charge to healthcare providers

Battelle is offering its decontamination services for N95 respirator masks at no charge to healthcare providers, the company said in a release.

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The cost of PPE decontamination will be funded up to $400 million across 60 deployment sites under a new contract with the federal government.

“Since bringing the first system online, we have received hundreds of requests for [Critical Care Decontamination System] and services,” said Matt Vaughan, Battelle’s Contract Research President in a written statement. “The contract awarded to Battelle will allow us to staff additional systems to provide a continuous buffer against current and future N95 supply chain challenges."

Battelle’s Critical Care Decontamination System is operating in Central Ohio, Long Island, New York and Washington state in an effort to protect those on the front lines.

Additional systems are scheduled for operation in Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago and National Capital Region.

Battelle has started recruiting technicians to be trained and operate the systems as they are deployed.

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