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This patient-mover got an emergency COVID-19 nod from the FDA

The Patient Isolation Transportation Unit (PITU) [Image courtesy of AR Tech, a division of A&R Tarpaulins]

AR Tech, a division of A&R Tarpaulins, announced today that the FDA has granted an EUA for its Patient Isolation Transportation Unit (PITU) to help hospitals better manage the COVID-19 pandemic.

“PITU is a game-changer in this fight against the pandemic because it is a negative pressure isolation enclosure that makes working with highly contagious diseases a safer process,” said Carmen Weisbart, a registered nurse who is president of A&R Tarpaulins.

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This patient-mover got an emergency COVID-19 nod from the FDA

The Patient Isolation Transportation Unit (PITU) [Image courtesy of AR Tech, a division of A&R Tarpaulins]

AR Tech, a division of A&R Tarpaulins, announced today that the FDA has granted an EUA for its Patient Isolation Transportation Unit (PITU) to help hospitals better manage the COVID-19 pandemic.

“PITU also allows properly attired family members to see patients who are infected with COVID-19,” Weisbart said in a news release.

Dr. Mark Comunale, head of anesthesiology at Arrowhead Medical Center (Colton, Calif.), developed the unit in 2015 with the Ebola outbreak in mind. AR Tech (Fontana, Calif.) joined his efforts two yea…