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Battelle Decontamination System That Can Clean N95 Masks Now Operating In Adams County

May 8, 2020 / 3:26 PM MDT / CBS Colorado

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ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) -- The Colorado Unified Coordination Center and FEMA unveiled a newly installed Battelle Decontamination System at the Adams County Fairgrounds on Friday.

BRIGHTON, CO - MAY 08: Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), left, and a Battelle employee look into one of the new Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination Systems delivered to Colorado by FEMA and HHS on May 8, 2020 in Brighton, Colorado. The decontamination system can process up to 80,000 used N95 respirators per day using vapor phase hydrogen peroxide that kills coronavirus and allows masks to be reused 20 times without degradation. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

The mobile decontamination unit uses vapor phase hydrogen peroxide to decontaminate N95 masks from biological contaminants, including the coronavirus.

The system can decontaminate up to 80,000 used N95 respirators per system per day, with a single respirator able to be reused up to 20 times without degradation.

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All workers will be eligible to use the system for free if they work with the health care providers they're employed by and fill out an online form at battelle.org/decon.

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Colorado has been rewarded two of these state-of-the-art systems. The other is in Montrose.

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