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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5312in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D6239A.FADA13E0"></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a name="_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">May 6, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Idaho partners with Battelle to decontaminate N95 masks at no cost<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">BOISE, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today that
</span></span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battelle.org%2Fdecon&data=02%7C01%7Clkent%40haponline.org%7Cff360b31c5e5468e4e6508d7e5e431b7%7C1692ff9ee33d47179da03289fc36435d%7C1%7C0%7C637230640575942906&sdata=DVvvbSg54WqCwGXXONZSWQqi%2BYY4sDgDHohHPiDr9x0%3D&reserved=0"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Battelle</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">
will decontaminate N95 masks, strengthening the state’s ability to protect healthcare workers as they treat COVID-19 positive patients across the state.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">On April 10, Battelle was awarded a contract by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on behalf of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide the Critical Care Decontamination System (CCDS) in Idaho.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Idaho’s CCDS arrived and is co-located with the Idaho National Laboratory site in Idaho Falls. The CCDS can decontaminate up to 80,000 N95-type respirators
each day, allowing them to be reused multiple times. Hospitals, nursing homes, home health facilities, emergency services personnel and others will be able to use the service.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">“A critical component of
</span></span><a href="https://rebound.idaho.gov/stages-of-reopening/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Idaho Rebounds</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">
– our plan to safety reopen the economy in stages – is ensuring available ventilators, intensive care unit beds, and personal protective equipment (PPE) to safely care for COVID-19 patients in hospitals,” said Governor Brad Little. “Battelle’s CCDS will safeguard
Idaho’s access to critical N95 respirators to make sure the front-line health providers have the equipment they need.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">The Idaho Office of Emergency Management (IOEM) signed a use agreement with Battelle that will encompass Idaho state agencies and local jurisdictions. This
agreement will allow state and local emergency management, first responders, coroners, medical examiners, corrections departments, public health districts, and child protective services to operate under a single agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">There is no cost to use the service. Entities can request Battelle CCDS services here:
</span></span><a href="https://www.battelle.org/inquiry/offerings-and-services/covid-response"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">https://www.battelle.org/inquiry/offerings-and-services/covid-response</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">“The Battelle Decontamination System is a terrific process that helps protect our health care professionals, increases the use of the mask, and improves our
ability to distribute PPE,” Idaho Office of Emergency Management Director Brad Richy said. “We are proud to help bring this resource to the State of Idaho.”
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""># # #<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Morrison, Press Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">208-943-1686 or
</span></span><a href="mailto:Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974">Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28353974"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
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