RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Kee Safety’s Kee Access range of cast iron fittings are designed to help satisfy the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and Building Regulations Pt.M:2004 when designing and constructing balustrading and handrailing for commercial and public buildings.

Torture victims are to receive medical treatment in a cooler environment following work to utilise an existing smoke vent for natural ventilation.

Anti-bacterial fabrics and contemporary designs from Gradus’ Serenity collection are helping create a clean, modern and welcoming environment at the newly refurbished Oncology Department within Cambridge’s Nuffield Hospital.

Wardray Premise is to play an important part in the installation of the UK’s first CyberKnife cancer treatment machine, a device that can reportedly treat tumours more accurately by targeting them from all around the body.

Composite panel designer and manufacturer Eurobond says “potentially misleading” labelling of some composite panel systems, causing “widespread confusion”, encouraged its launch of a new RIBA-approved CPD seminar that “focuses on the true fire performance” of composite panel systems.

A modular car park decking system designed to assist healthcare professionals struggling to fulfil their patient, visitor and staff parking needs has been unveiled by York-based Portapark.

Waterloo Air Products believes its chilled beam systems, offering high efficiency, low energy consumption and reduced running and maintenance costs, all “at a reasonable cost”, look set to win increasing share from “conventional” fan coil systems in UK healthcare applications.

Marshall-Tufflex says its new Odyssey Biocide cable containment system is the first three compartment PVC-U cable containment system with a fully curved profile manufactured from a material with biocidal properties.

Bostik has launched a sealant which it says independent tests show protects against infections including MRSA, E. coli and Salmonella.

Nilfisk-Advance’s new batterypowered BA 651, 751 and 851 walkbehind scrubber/dryers combine “up to 30% higher productivity with ultra-quiet operation” – with a noise level of just 58dB (A) – making them particularly suitable for daytime cleaning operations.

Welsh Slate has supplied the roofing slates for an extension to one of the world’s most famous military institutions, London’s Royal Chelsea Hospital.

A new SAS International brochure provides a comprehensive guide to specifying and installing metal ceiling solutions.

Interior surfaces specialist Altro has helped Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust achieve an eyecatching finish for its new hydrotherapy unit, Oasis, at St Ebba’s Hospital in Epsom, via its Whiterock Digiclad service.

Installing Wicanders wood-veneered cork flooring from Gradus within the entrance atrium of Brighton’s new Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital. has helped create an attractive, calm and comfortable children’s play area.

Renowned for its specialised technical training in the healthcare and commercial FM sectors, training and conference centre Eastwood Park, in Falfield, Gloucestershire, has launched a new identity.

Vernacare’s latest powerful cleaning and disinfecting wipe is said to be kind to the hands, yet eradicates the major five major pathogen groups, including Clostridium difficile, MRSA and E. Coli.

llluminex’s new Xscape emergency lighting range exploits the latest solid state light source and battery technologies.

Wellburn Care Homes, a family-run business which operates 12 care homes in Yorkshire and Northumberland accommodating around 500 residents, has selected Samuel Heath’s Perko Powermatic concealed, controlled door closer for room and access doors in its care homes.

Balfour Beatty reckons it saved between £60,000 and £80,000 when building the £6.4 million Child Development Centre in Hackney by using the Celcon Thin- Joint System from H+H UK.

BridgeHead Software says its new PACStore archiving product will “help reduce the accelerating storage hardware and management burden imposed by the long-term retention and protection of PACS medical image data”.