RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Healthcare construction specialist Yorkon has been named as Innovator of the Year, the fourth consecutive year the company has won a specialist Contractor Award.

Acoustic systems provider CMS Acoustic Solutions has launched Regupol Keraflex, a frost resistant exterior acoustic tiling system designed to attenuate impact sound from general footfall. Regupol Keraflex is available as two systems, Regupol Keraflex XT and Regupol Keraflex FB.

US-based Lantronix Inc has launched its latest device networking solution, the EDS16PR and EDS32PR high density device servers.

Marlin Stainless has added pharmaceutical finish motors to its range of stainless steel AC motors, and a similar option is also available for the company’s gearboxes. This combination enables the company to offer drive packages suitable for the most hygiene-sensitive applications.

Kent-based medical chemicals manufacturer MediChem is speeding up the launch and increasing production of its new nano technologybased bio-security formulation, TriGene ADVANCE, amid fears of the spread of a new and highly aggressive strain of Clostridium difficile (C.diff).

As part of their ongoing product development initiatives, access contractor SGB has enhanced the safety of its range of steel trestles with the addition of the Staybill trestle guardrail system.

A new emergency lighting and control system with integrated fail-safe back-up has been launched by Italian lighting manufacturer Disano Illuminazione.

The Secretary of State for Health, the Right Honourable Patricia Hewitt, MP has opened NEBOSH’s new headquarters in Leicester.

Fulton Boiler Works has recently supplied a fully packaged steam plant room as part of a £132 million upgrade to The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, which involved the main buildings and wards of Battle Hospital being demolished and moved to a new site.

New technical innovation from Steelco has provided Peacocks Medical Group Ltd with the opportunity to provide a fully compliant washer and disinfector for theatre trolleys and sterile containers.

The Government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space, CABE, is calling for excellent new buildings to be the rule, rather than the exception.

Pure water specialist ELGA has invested in a new customer services centre and headquarters as part of its strategy to deliver a broader range of services and value to customers.

German manufacturer Hanse- Medizintechnik has developed a new patient shower trolley with a central braking system and slide mat.

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, which were laid in Parliament on 20 October, will come into force on 13 November 2006. The revised regulations will strengthen overall worker protection by reducing exposure limits and introducing mandatory training for work with asbestos. They will also simplify the regulatory regime and implement revisions to the EU Asbestos Worker Protection Directive.

New automated control of Legionnaire’s disease through compliance with the HSE’s Approved Code of Practice L8 has been promised with Aquatility Ltd’s new software system Vigil8.

Brandon Medical will be exhibiting a new range of Atlas Ceiling Supply Pendants at the Healthcare Estates 2006 exhibition in Harrogate on stand C19.

A new disposable curtain system has been designed to help control infection by making it economical and easy to change patient bed curtains as often as bed linen.

The new Rapid Access Clinic at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough has been brightened by the fitting of a large Ritchlight TL24 hip ended lantern rooflight that gives controllable ventilation with good levels of daylight.

Maquet Ltd, based in Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, is now directly responsible for the sale, installation and support of the company’s VARIOP modular operating theatre in the UK.

Tribal’s healthcare specialists, including architectural practice Nightingale Associates, offer a suite of services that support healthcare clients. The specialists work closely with clients to add real value through the delivery of strategic, tactical and operational property solutions and the provision of a wide range of equipping services.