RECENT FEATURE ARTICLES
Safety and efficient supply – ‘from start to finish’
A specialist supplier focuses on the issues surrounding the commissioning, auditing, maintenance, and operation of medical gas pipeline systems, and explains the key steps to take to ensure a safe, reliable supply.
Protecting patients through a diligent approach
A recent NHS Improvement Patient Safety Alert has warned healthcare providers of the dangers of patients being accidentally administered with medical air instead of oxygen.
A vital role in keeping water systems safe
The second in our series of articles on the work of IHEEM’s AE Registers and Authorising Engineers focuses on the vital part played by the AE (W) in keeping healthcare facilities’ water systems safe and compliant.
Emergency power project at Sunnybrook
Our second ‘IFHE’ article this month looks at the challenges of an emergency power generation equipment renewal project at full-service, 1,100 patient-bed hospital in Toronto.
Cutting the clutter, simplifying the journey
In the November 2016 HEJ, Greg Truscott, BArch DipMgt MIHEA, manager, Infrastructure & New Works, Royal Perth Hospital, Bentley Health Service & Armadale Health Service, in Western Australia, discussed a project he has led at the hospital to improve the facility’s wayfinding and signage.
Effective training essential to ensure compliance
Mervyn Phipps, an IHEEM-registered Authorising Engineer (Water) and water hygiene trainer at Eastwood Park, examines the guidance in the new HTM 04-01, Safe Water in Healthcare Premises (2016), published last year.
How technology can help deliver better care
Wandsworth Healthcare believes technological advances and the growing ability to integrate software and services across medical systems will become ever more vital in improving care and operational efficiency.
Inline disinfection system shows its mettle
Horne Engineering explains how its In-Line Thermal Disinfection Unit – just launched – will reduce the incidence and risk of pathogenic colonisation of water systems.
£17 m factory to produce new ‘vinyl collection’
A global floor coverings manufacturer, with a new £17 m factory in the Netherlands, discusses how the optimal flooring can create a healthy, hygienic, and comfortable patient recovery environment.
Keeping the sector on a firm footing post-Brexit
A recent Royal Academy of Engineering report presents ‘evidence-based’ advice to the Government on the opportunities and risks for the engineering sector ‘post-Brexit’.
Integrated approach for St Anthony’s scheme
ISG’s Engineering Services business discusses the recent extension to Spire St Anthony’s Hospital in Cheam, and how BIM was used to help plan the most heavily serviced areas during construction.
Prevention ‘the best cure’ for security risks
Glenn Foot, technical manager at Eaton, examines some of the key security issues for healthcare estates and facilities managers, and how some of the latest IP, access control, and messaging technologies are helping them tackle them.
A focus on the role and responsibilities of the AE(D)
The role of the AE (Decontamination) examined, in the first of a series of planned articles on the work of IHEEM’s four Authorising Engineer Registers.
Maintaining standards in medical device management
A recruit to IHEEM’s Medical Devices Technology Platform describes an interesting career, and explains what he feels should be the Platform’s major areas of focus going forward.
President’s rallying call as he looks to the future
In his inaugural Presidential Address, IHEEM’s new President, Peter Sellars, set out his goals, and looked at how the Institute can further develop in the short to medium term.
New ways of working forecast
A conference in Nottingham addressed the potential impact of digital technology and medical devices on addressing productivity and patient safety challenges.
A load off the estates manager’s mind
Modular boilers with large turndown ratio and wide differential temperatures between the flow and return are rising in popularity, reports a British commercial boiler manufacturer.
Simplifying the changes in the latest guidance
An expert look at the key changes within the DH’s recently updated decontamination guidance for surgical instruments and endoscopes in HTM 01-01 and HTM 01-06.
Innovation and flair show sector is in good health
Last month’s IHEEM Awards Dinner in Manchester recognised innovation, flair, and expertise, in areas ranging from carbon saving to product design and architecture.
ED the latest Repeatable Rooms focus
Healthcare Estates 2016 saw the launch of a new blueprint for Emergency Department Repeatable Rooms, as an architect member of the Repeatable Rooms ‘Core Team’ explains.
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