RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Aiphone's new IX is an IP network-based intercom system which the company says ‘provides communication with an infinite number of doors’, and is designed to interact with other IP devices and security systems.

Access control software has been used in the commercial sector for many years, but has not, until now, been available in a package tailored for mental healthcare sector use.

Interfurn Medical Systems, a specialist in low-level extraction, has now installed its first high-level extraction system, which is both HTM 03-01 compliant, and fully skirtless, screenless, and flush-mounted, at St Albans City Hospital.

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

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 Medical has expanded its product range with the introduction of new isolated power supply and uninterruptable power supply solutions.

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’.

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)

When the McIndoe Centre in East Grinstead was looking for a medical engineering specialist, it found ‘the ideal partner’ in Medical Air Technology (MAT).

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital is an example of a hospital that has been provided with an access control system.

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.

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.

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.

A popular commercial tap range has undergone ‘a major design and functionality overhaul’.

Bristan has added to its extensive commercial specification offering with the launch of two new TMV2-approved bath shower mixers

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’.

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.

The latest Vernacare product, the ‘detergentproof’ Maxi-WashBowl, is, the company says, ‘making a real difference to frontline patient care’.

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.

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.