Roanoke Company Transforms RV Into Mobile COVID-19 Unit For Underserved Areas

Inside a huge drafty warehouse in Roanoke, crews put the finishing touches on an RV turned mobile COVID-19 unit.

A small, Roanoke-based company, Industrial Process Technologies converted the brand new, full-sized mobile home into a vehicle capable of handling the distribution of COVID vaccines as well as training exercises and other needs related to the current pandemic.

“We had to remove the entire back third bedroom, in order to make room for the lab. So everything was removed and then also the entire electrical system was upgraded to a central computer system that actually monitors the entire bus environment,” said Chris Boylan, project manager for Industrial Process Technologies.

Boylan explained that the RV’s walls needed to be removed in order to install the improved wiring, monitoring systems and deep freezers required to handle the current Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

He says the bus is now equipped with special air filters that keep the air clean to prevent the spread of viruses.

The walls and countertops have also been replaced to make cleaning and sanitizing easier and more effective.

Check out the full article from WSLS Roanoke here.