RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

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.

Asckey Data Services Ltd, specialist in developing web and Windows applications particularly in the NHS field, will be presenting Eclipse-fm, the complete facilities information management system, at this year’s exhibition.

Specialists in providing total door protection products for doors, Intastop will launch its new anti-ligature package at this year’s Healthcare Estates Conference and Exhibition.

W&G Sissons, the UK’s largest manufacturer of stainless steel washbasins and associated fittings, will be exhibiting its new range of electronic and selfclosing products at the exhibition.

Develop is a national UK training company specialising in technical skills training for the utilities sector and corporate development training.

TBS GB Telematic & Biomedical Services was formed as a result of the acquisition of the Clinical Services division of GE Healthcare in Europe by ITAL TBS Telematic & Biomedical Services S.p.A.

Biocote Ltd, a hygienic solutions company, offers antimicrobial products utilising silver technology.