RECENT PRODUCT NEWS
Modular theatre complex completed
Healthcare construction and engineering specialist, MTX, recently completed and handed over a new modular operating theatre complex at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital following a just 29 weeks on site
Leading surgeon full of praise
Karl Storz says it has received ‘global recognition’ for its modular endoscopic imaging system, IMAGE1 S, which now features a new module designed for use with a fully autoclavable distal sensor scope, TIPCAM 1 S 3D.
Brandon launches new IPS and UPS products
Brandon Medical has expanded its product range with the introduction of new isolated power supply and uninterruptable power supply solutions.
Newcomer’s off-site approach for rapid results
Newly launched company, Cloud Offsite Construction, says it comes to the healthcare market ‘with a fresh approach to the fast-moving and constantly developing world of modular off-site building’.
Critical power for Alder Hey
Bender UK has provided critical power IPS and UPS supplies and the hygienic touchscreen theatre panels controlling vital services for the 16 operating theatres at the new Alder Hey in the Park children’s hospital in Liverpool (HEJ – September 2015)
Latest technology for McIndoe Centre
When the McIndoe Centre in East Grinstead was looking for a medical engineering specialist, it found ‘the ideal partner’ in Medical Air Technology (MAT).
Access control system installed during security upgrade
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital is an example of a hospital that has been provided with an access control system.
New Rigel 62353 Plus meets modern medical device test needs
Rigel Medical has introduced an upgraded version of its dedicated tester for the in-service and post-repair safety testing of medical electronic devices in line with the standards required by IEC 62353.
The Vortex disposal unit – Simple, Reliable, Cost effective
Vernacare is the only company worldwide to manufacture a complete single-use human waste disposal system and has been a global market leader for more than 50 years. Its system helps to reduce the risk of cross infection and improve environmental performance, while saving nursing time and generating cost savings.
The Vortex range machines and fibre-moulded disposable products - from wash bowls and bedpans to male and female urinals - are designed, engineered and manufactured at Vernacare's award winning UK production facility.
Strong, durable hot water cylinders
Described by the supplier as ‘perfect for supplying hot water to taps and showers in hospitals and other healthcare facilities’, Heatrae Sadia’s Megaflo Commercial cylinders range from 400 to 2,500 litres in capacity.
Performa ‘extended and enhanced’
A popular commercial tap range has undergone ‘a major design and functionality overhaul’.
The perfect pairing
Bristan has added to its extensive commercial specification offering with the launch of two new TMV2-approved bath shower mixers
POU filters and taps combine
With increasing recognition of waterborne infections and the importance of water safety plans, healthcare sanitaryware specialist, Armitage Shanks, and Pall Medical, a global provider of point-of-use (POU) sterilising water filters, have collaborated ‘to radically improve water quality and maintenance through achieving total compatibility between their healthcare products’.
Solutions to keep water stagnation at bay
Water quality is affected by microorganism presence and leaching from materials in contact with the water, and water stagnation increases the contamination risk, allowing bacteria to adhere to surfaces.
Larger washbowl benefiting patient care
The latest Vernacare product, the ‘detergentproof’ Maxi-WashBowl, is, the company says, ‘making a real difference to frontline patient care’.
Safe water delivery and hygiene control
Reliance Water Controls says that ‘while thermostatic taps are a fundamental requirement’ to ensure safe hot water temperatures at point of use in hospitals and care homes, it is equally important to ensure stringent hygiene and infection control standards can easily be met.
Ergonomic nurse call handsets ‘set the standard’
Wandsworth Healthcare says it ‘continually invests’ in developing its nurse call handsets to ensure they ‘provide the latest technological advances and improve patients’ experiences’. Its latest IPiN Evolution handset range is ‘ergonomically designed’, with a curved 24 mm profile and large back-lit button for ease of use.
Clinical staff capacity improved
Needing a ‘smart, efficient way to manage patient care and improve clinical response times during the night’, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has selected Hospedia’s ExtraMed Mobile Medic solution to replace traditional phone, pager, and paper-based systems.
Range and features extended
Static Systems’ flagship’ nurse call range, ‘Fusion-IP’, continues to expand ‘to support better patient care and wellbeing, while offering solutions that assist in optimising resources’.
System first for Courtney-Thorne
Courtney-Thorne has developed its first wireless nurse call system designed specifically for hospital environments, with the launch of the new ALTRA wireless nurse call range.
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