FEATURE ARTICLES

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.

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.

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.

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.

Horne Engineering explains how its In-Line Thermal Disinfection Unit – just launched – will reduce the incidence and risk of pathogenic colonisation of water systems.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A conference in Nottingham addressed the potential impact of digital technology and medical devices on addressing productivity and patient safety challenges.

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.

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.

Last month’s IHEEM Awards Dinner in Manchester recognised innovation, flair, and expertise, in areas ranging from carbon saving to product design and architecture.

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.

A Vancouver architect describes the highly positive impact of a new emergency department at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital in British Columbia in Canada.

A look at a major wayfinding and signage project being undertaken at Australia’s Royal Perth Hospital, in an article first published in The Australian Hospital Engineer.

At Healthcare Estates 2016, the DH’s director-general of Finance gave a candid assessment of the current state of NHS finances, and presented his view on how the healthcare estates and facilities community can contribute effectively to the drive to ‘constrain cost growth’.