RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

PullClean, an ‘innovative door handle’ that sanitises the user’s hands, triples the rate of hand sanitisation rates, and provides feedback on usage through a monitoring system, has been launched in the UK.

Invented by Altitude Medical UK co-founders, Dr Alex Oshmyanksy and Dr Jake McKnight, when they were students at the University of Oxford, PullClean encourages people to clean their hands every time they enter and exit a room, ‘making hand hygiene simple and trackable’.

Samuel Heath’s Powermatic Free Swing controlled, concealed door closers have been used at new state-of-the-art psychiatric care facilities at Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

The management and prevention of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) remains one of the biggest concerns for the NHS. Despite a noticeable decline in the overall number of cases, a recent report by Public Health England (PHE)1) identifies over 65,000 reported cases in England in the period 2016 - March 2017 which can be attributed to four key HCAIs: MRSA, MSSA, E.coli and C.difficile.

In the run-up to the heating season, start-up dangers are a serious problem for many heating systems using steam as a heat source, warns Spirax Sarco, ‘largely due to them having lain dormant over the summer’.

Baxi Heating has acquired Packaged Plant Solutions (PPS) to strengthen and grow its existing packaged plant room offer.

The extensive range of heating options available from the Andrews Boiler Hire fleet came into its own recently when a major London teaching hospital suffered a significant boiler breakdown.

“The scheme was completed on time, within the agreed tender sum and to a very high standard. The theatre management team and the consultant surgeons are delighted with the final product, which has now been in use for over two months. I shall look forward to working with MAT and their supply chain subcontractors when the next opportunity arises, and I have no hesitation in recommending MAT to others.” David Shepherd: Principal Project Manager, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Specialist provider of healthcare alarm and communication solutions, Static Systems Group, has unveiled the latest development in its industry-renowned Design & Innovation Centre, which is based at the company’s head office, near Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.

With managing operational costs and minimising disruption key for hospital HVAC specification, Uponor says its ‘fit-and forget’ TABS – Thermally Active Building System – which ‘lasts the building’s lifetime’ is ‘the ideal solution for any new-build hospital or extension project’.

Horbury Property Services, part of the Horbury Group, has revealed the results of a survey that showed how 60% of people are unaware of how often a fire door should be inspected, and almost a quarter do not know how long a standard fire door would give them to escape during a blaze.

An ‘intelligent’ flow sensor said to enable ventilation to adapt to actual demand, thereby improving indoor air quality and energy efficiency, has been jointly developed by Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre and Fläkt Woods Oy, part of global air technology specialist, FläktGroup

The Climate Change Act of 2008 sets legally binding targets to reduce the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions by at least 80% by 2050.

A ‘stylish new addition to Eaton’s range of highly efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial buildings’, Pello, a decorative pendant luminaire, is aimed at front-of-house and public spaces ‘where architectural aesthetics are valued’.

Innovative technology is key when improving the operating theatre environment, and with its latest LED operating theatre lights, iLED 7 – ‘the light that thinks’ – Trumpf Medical says it is ‘once again setting new standards’.

Aquilant has launched Fujifilm’s newest solution, the 4-LED Multi-Light technology enabled Eluxeo system, ‘to provide endoscopists with superior visualisation of mucosal surfaces and vessel structures within the gastrointestinal tract’.

Brandon Medical has ‘transformed’ the operating theatre at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Stanley, capital of the Falklands Islands, ensuring it received a modern update with the latest medical lighting technology.

Tridonic’s new ‘out of the box’ emergency lighting solution ‘combines advanced battery technology with the latest emergency lighting components’.

Dräger’s Polaris 600 operating theatre light has been designed in line with the company’s Polaris 100/200 light heads, offering continuity aesthetically, while allowing the light ranges to be interchangeable, a first for Dräger.

British manufacturer, Daray, says its LED operating theatre lights and minor surgical fixtures deliver significant energy, cost, and carbon savings, and ‘greatly improved performance’, combined with excellent build quality.

The new Merivaara range of Q Flow LED surgical lights now exclusively available through Bender UK offer ‘class-leading performance’ in terms of colour rendering, laminar air flow, and minimising shadowing of the operation site, the company says.