HAVRE, Mont. (NMB) – Governor Steve Bullock announced Thursday, April 30 Montana has received a Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System to sanitize N95 respirators.
Bullock Said, “With help from Montana National Guard, Battelle will work around the clock to get this system up and running and begin sanitizing tens of thousands of masks each day.”
The Battelle System has the capacity to decontaminate up to 80,000 N95 respirators daily and allows a single mask to be worn up to 20 times.
Bullock Said, “As N95 respirators continue to be in short supply across the county, Montana can start utilizing this new technology to make sure our health care workers and others on the frontlines don’t go a single day without the equipment they need to protect themselves and their patients.”
This decontamination system is free for all healthcare personnel including therapists, pharmacists, dentists, trainees and contractual staff.
To utilize this service, health care providers must first enroll at battelle.org/decon.
