RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

A new compact safety sensor for automatic swing doors has been added to GEZE’s suite of activation devices and sensor systems.

Electrolux Professional has launched a new tool –Temp˚Check – designed to help laundry operations eliminate the risk of bacterial infection – by automatically validating that thermal disinfection has taken place.

Abloy UK’s recently launched updated version of its SMARTair standalone intelligent access control system comes with keypad functionality, allowing users to quickly and easily program an individual keycode or card on the unit itself.

Altro has launched three new complementary flooring ranges, ‘developed to deliver harmonious design possibilities and meet the needs of diverse areas’.

“Hospitals choose MAT FM because we provide an outstanding service that combines cost efficiency with experience and engineering expertise.

Medicare Systems says its HTM-compliant Nursecall+ range is specifically designed for hospitals, being designed for ease of use, and built to withstand the demands of the busiest hospital environment.

Wireless nurse call specialist, Aid Call’s Touchsafe Pro system includes ‘userfriendly’ touchscreens and mesh network technology for increased security, plus the option of emergency or cardiac pullstop configurations, making Touchsafe Pro its most advanced system yet.

With the ability to address patients’ requirements while away from the nurse station enabling nurses to be more responsive and deliver greater efficiency, Wandsworth Healthcare says its IPiN Mobile offering is ‘an innovative solution that offers nurse call functionality on the move’.

As a manufacturer and supplier of high quality alarm systems for over 35 years, SAS has extensive experience in providing protection and safety for staff and service-users.

Multitone Electronics says its new EkoCare range offers ‘the ultimate in flexible, reliable, and cost-effective wireless nurse call and alarms’.

Static Systems’ in-house technical teams have developed a range of ‘cost-effective retrofit products’, ‘FusionWare Tools’ – for use with the company’s wired and wireless IP-based nurse call systems – which focus on delivering improvements in three key areas – patient experience, patient safety, and staff workflow.

Having provided the Cambridge University Hospitals Trust with successful materials management and handling solutions for many years, Medstor was ‘ideally placed’ to design and deliver an effective, bespoke system to help the main theatre department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital improve storage and stock control in its 23 theatres.

Interfurn says its recent success in operating theatre ultraclean ventilation projects ‘reinforces the reputation for flexibility’ of the specialist company, which says it can create an ultraclean solution ‘regardless of any challenges presented’.

A tight schedule for installing touchscreen control panels, PACS viewers, and LED surgical lighting, in four operating theatres at London’s Whittington Hospital proved no obstacle for Bender UK, which successfully completed the challenging nine-day programme for installation and commissioning, including creating bespoke mounting and access arrangements for the control panels.

Digital integration specialist, S-Cape, has partnered with operating theatre UCV system manufacturer, Howorth Air Technology, on a number of UK hospital installations, such as St George’s Hospital in south London (pictured), and One Healthcare at Hatfield – a new private healthcare facility set to open later this year.

‘Integrated healthcare provider’, Core IHS, works with theatre staff to ensure that theatre equipment is properly maintained, ‘and ease the pressure on facilities by preparing them for CQC inspections and ensuring compliance with NatSSIP and LocSSIP Standards for Invasive Procedures’.

The Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre in Plymouth, which provides NHS patients with fast access to elective and diagnostic procedures, has recently invested over £2 m in a third operating theatre and a new endoscopy suite,

The requirement to eliminate the spread of bacteria through healthcare environments can, Conti + UK maintains, ‘be significantly aided with the introduction of touch-free products’, but, it adds, “the benefits of ‘intelligent’ taps only just begin with hygiene and convenience”.

To complement its wide selection of grab bars, shower seats, and accessories, Delabie has added a new, ergonomic, stylish, and easy-to-install tilting mirror to its offering of products designed for people with reduced mobility.

Challis Water Controls says that following its introduction of a quarterly disposable shower replacement scheme, NHS Trusts across the UK are now realising that ‘it is cheaper, safer, and best practice, to regularly replace shower and hoses rather than attempt to clean old showers each quarter’.