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(KSL News) -- Utah health officials learned to use a new tool to help them respond to chemical emergencies.
Authorities with the Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake Valley Healt, and clinics of Utah learned how to use a shower decontamination system. They're used to wash off patients who've been exposed to chemicals or other hazardous materials.
The showers are set up at several hospitals and clinics throughout the Wasatch Front.
Cody Craynor, Utah Department of Health: "To make sure they're nice and cleaned off first before they go in for emergency care."
Trainers say a health official who's completed training can set up a shower in a matter of minutes. Each shower system costs about 35 thousand dollars.
