RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

South coast commercial engineering company BF Engineering Services says it is set to help hospitals across the country combat cross-contamination by being the UK’s first supplier of machines that effectively clean meal delivery carts.

Miele is offering new washerdisinfectors – the single-cabinet PG 8527 is designed to simplify and speed up the task of reprocessing laboratory glassware, and the PG 8528 is a twodoor barrier wall unit for surgical instruments.

Urmet Domus has introduced a solution for when audio communication is required as part of a door entry system but where it is not possible to install cables.

Dunphy’s new in-house designed touchscreen for its Ratiotronic 6000 digital burner/boiler management system offers “all the functionality of a standard PC, including IP-addressable web access”, giving healthcare engineers the facility for multiple set points.

A British-invented biotechnology device which can reportedly kill MRSA and other bacteria and viruses (including HN51 and C. difficile) on surfaces within an hour by purifying the air “within any enclosed living area”, has received independent test laboratory backing and is now ready for full-scale production.

Healthcare facilities can now calculate instantly the savings in both cost and carbon emissions which could be made by installing Elkay energy management products with the company’s launch of the “carboncalc” hand-held tool.

The latest addition to Rigel’s advanced electrometrical test instrumentation range is a special equipment package for EBME testing in accordance with the new IEC 62353 standard for medical devices.

West London’s Charing Cross Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, has ordered the NHS’s first Magnetom Verio 3T MRI scanner from Siemens Healthcare.

Priorclave says its new Opal range of laboratory autoclaves should “provide a low-cost alternative to the increasingly sophisticated and complex equipment generally available”.

Howorth Medical, a division of Howorth Airtech, is to equip a new £45 m cardiac and elective surgery facility at Castle Hill Hospital, part of the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, with four Exflow 32 Ultra Clean ventilation canopies and accompanying Howorth eXtension pendants.

A trial of Talley’s Sylvan wipe clean duvets and pillows by Worthing and Southlands Hospital NHS Trust at Worthing Hospital has seen nurse bedmaking time cut by around 35% and identified a potential £108,000 annual saving in Trust laundry costs, while patients say the new bedding is more comfortable, less restrictive and lighter than “traditional” linen.

Musgrove Park Hospital Taunton, Somerset’s largest general hospital, has taken delivery of 45 Nilfisk HDS 2000 vacuum cleaners, each fitted with a triple HEPA filtration system to reduce dust dispersal and ensure a clean, healthy environment.

Limerick’s Mid-Western Regional Hospital has turned to a chilled ceiling solution from SAS International to help combat heat generated from special equipment used in its intensive care neo-natal department.

Haigh’s new Classic + Sluicemaster bedpan disposer is an enhanced, more compact version of a unit the company says has been its “workhorse” machine for years.

An internal swing door operator said to provide safety, silent operation, security and energy efficiency, and to be ideal for applications where “affordable accessibility” and ease of use are key has been introduced by Besam.

Reception staff working late into the evening at a Harley Street private medical practice now have extra protection against threatening situations via a special user ID card linked by mobile telephony to a central call centre which will monitor their safety on receipt of an alert and, if necessary, send police or security staff to help them.

Climate control specialist Eaton-Williams has introduced into the UK a compact footprint, low maintenance, direct drive fan technology it claims can significantly reduce energy costs for large healthcare facilities, has an “intrinsically reliable” failsafe design, and can contribute to a quieter hospital environment.

Siemens Medical Solutions has launched its first digital X-ray unit with a wireless detector. The company claims that the Ysio wi-D will deliver increased flexibility in examinations and enhanced comfort for patients.

Crown cut American Cherry veneer doors from Leaderflush Shapland’s Designer range, featuring the company’s new EnduraCor fireretardant facing and flaxboard core, now feature at specialist chemotherapy centre at University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool funded by ex-Liverpool footballer Kenny Dalglish and his wife, Marina.

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