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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist begins delivering COVID-19 vaccines via drone with UPS Flight Forward
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 5001602" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2021/09/15/atrium-health-wake-forest-baptist-begins-deliver.html" target="_blank"><strong>Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist begins delivering COVID-19 vaccines via drone with UPS Flight Forward - Triad Business Journal</strong></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.wakehealth.edu/" target="_blank">Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist</a> and its healthtech business enterprise operated through the <a href="https://www.innovationquarter.com/" target="_blank">Innovation Quarter</a>, <a href="https://www.innovationquarter.com/about/iq-healthtech-labs/" target="_blank">iQ Healthtech Labs</a>, are taking COVID-19 vaccination efforts to new heights with drone deliveries – the first COVID-19 vaccine drone delivery program in the country.</p><p></p><p>This new initiative – operated by UPS and its subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward– expands Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s existing drone program that was launched in July 2020.</p><p></p><p>When transporting the COVID-19 vaccines, the Matternet M2 drone is outfitted with a special cargo box that contains Cold Chain Technologies’ customized PCM Gel solution, a temperature-sensitive packaging mixture that maintains the COVID-19 vaccine at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, and a temperature monitoring device that monitors the vaccine’s temperature while in transit. The customized cold chain packaging follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on the handling, storage and transportation of the COVID-19 vaccine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 5001602, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2021/09/15/atrium-health-wake-forest-baptist-begins-deliver.html'][B]Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist begins delivering COVID-19 vaccines via drone with UPS Flight Forward - Triad Business Journal[/B][/URL] [URL='https://www.wakehealth.edu/']Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist[/URL] and its healthtech business enterprise operated through the [URL='https://www.innovationquarter.com/']Innovation Quarter[/URL], [URL='https://www.innovationquarter.com/about/iq-healthtech-labs/']iQ Healthtech Labs[/URL], are taking COVID-19 vaccination efforts to new heights with drone deliveries – the first COVID-19 vaccine drone delivery program in the country. This new initiative – operated by UPS and its subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward– expands Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s existing drone program that was launched in July 2020. When transporting the COVID-19 vaccines, the Matternet M2 drone is outfitted with a special cargo box that contains Cold Chain Technologies’ customized PCM Gel solution, a temperature-sensitive packaging mixture that maintains the COVID-19 vaccine at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, and a temperature monitoring device that monitors the vaccine’s temperature while in transit. The customized cold chain packaging follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on the handling, storage and transportation of the COVID-19 vaccine. [/QUOTE]
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