RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Distributor of emergency response, infection control and health and safety products to the Irish healthcare sector Patron Distributors will feature on its stand the “Demistifier” negative pressure system for the isolation and containment of infectious patients in hospitals.

The latest mobile digital radiography, surgical imaging and ultrasound systems will be on display for demonstration on the Xograph Healthcare stand.

Celtic Linen will be launching a microfibre mop rental service at Healthcare Ireland 2008 in conjunction with Bunzl Ireland and Vermop.

Ardmac Group, which claims to be one of the leading interior contracting companies in the Republic of Ireland and the UK, has offices in Dublin, Craigavon and Manchester and over 30 years’ experience in delivering fit-out, refurbishment and turnkey solutions to the healthcare, commercial, retail and biopharma sectors.

The new IEC 62353 international standard for in-service testing of electromedical devices forms the focus of Rigel Medical’s presence at Healthcare Ireland 2008.

Door and doorset manufacturer Leaderflush Shapland Ireland will showcase its Hygieniform high impact anti-bacterial PVC, which incorporates Hygienilac, a new doorset coating the company says will provide significant benefits for the healthcare sector, particularly for environments where C. difficile is of concern.

Manufacturer and installer of specialist furniture, work surfaces, independent panel systems, bespoke reception desks and nurses’ stations for healthcare and laboratory environments Carella will introduce its versatile, spacesaving new Flexmodule storage system.

A sophisticated £1 m Vanguard Healthcare mobile operating theatre will be among the stars of the show at Healthcare Ireland.

Schneider Electric will launch the new Thorsman MWU 300 and MWU 500 medical bedhead trunking systems for the Irish market, providing hospital wards with easy access to power, lighting, communications and gas for medical purposes.

Just Washroom’s new Sensaflush water management system is specifically designed to “drastically reduce water consumption by eliminating unnecessary and expensive wastage from urinals in washrooms”.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has bought over 300 Fireco Dorgards for fitting to fire doors throughout its hospital wards, health centres, community homes, and bungalows for people living with learning disabilities.

According to System Sensor, reportedly the world’s largest manufacturer of fire detectors, Greater Manchester fire crews spent over 97,000 hours in 2006 alone dealing with 13,500 false alarms from automatic fire alarms.

Service engineers at Maquet, which supplies operating theatre and intensive care unit equipment, are now carrying advanced new instrumentation designed to test medical devices both in-service and post-repair in compliance with the new IEC 62353 standard.

Luxo has supplied 286 of its specially designed Air Modular task lights to London’s UCL Cancer Institute, which undertakes “leading edge” research in biomedicine, for use throughout the facility.

LTE can now offer a special secure drying and storage cabinet designed specifically for use with flexible endoscopes.

Designer of secondary glazing systems Selectaglaze has completed a project to provide window protection at Smyth House, part of the St Andrew’s Healthcare residential secure mental health unit in Northampton.

A hard-coated polyester film specially designed to offer anti-microbial protection for hospital surfaces which also offers “industrial strength protection” against solvents and cleaning chemicals and impact and abrasion resistance “above ordinary laminates” is now available from MacDermid Autotype.

NEC Computers now offers a free IT hardware recycling service via which healthcare facilities can have any redundant IT hardware, regardless of brand, and including CRT monitors and other equipment containing hazardous substances, removed from their site free-of-charge.

SFX Parking Post is a new aid from SFX Technologies based on hi-tech flat panel loudspeaker technology designed to help protect parking spaces reserved for disabled drivers, parent or child or other special need groups.

Papworth Hospital is protecting staff from exposure to X-rays using “intelligently-shaped”, lead-free, lightweight shields provided by medical equipment supplier APC Cardiovascular.