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

May 20, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Patient Isolation Transportation Unit PITU R Tech A&R Tarpaulins COVID-19 coronavirus

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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