RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

The benefits of upgrading existing filter systems to the ‘unique’ Bacticell cartridge will be demonstrated by GVS Filter Technology (Building Filtration Division).

IDEXX will be demonstrating Pseudalert for the first time to IHEEM attendees.

Architectural practice, ADP, has over 45 years’ experience designing and delivering architectural solutions for healthcare.

Provider of water and heating controls, Honeywell, will showcase its range of temperature control backflow prevention products, pressure reducing valves, backflush water filters, and leakage alarm systems.

Although technology has moved on, even today the basic nurse call system is still being referred to by some as “that ‘buzzer’ or ‘bell’ system”.

Essentia ‘combines commercial focus with NHS values to put innovative, tailored solutions into action’.

Global manufacturer of ‘unique’ infection control products, Tristel, whose ‘lead technology’ is a proprietary chlorine dioxide (ClO2) formulation, will unveil, in collaboration with T.E.S.T., ‘Rinse Assure’, a water management system for continuous supply of CFPP 01.06-compliant water.

Access control specialist, Salto Systems, will present ‘new access innovations’ including its XS4 range, GEO electronic cylinders, locker locks, and on-line door readers and devices, which it says ‘provide a complete integrated access security solution’.

Energy savings of over 75% have been delivered by Thorlux Lighting in a number of healthcare projects undertaken over the past 18 months via the use of its so-called ‘SMART’ lighting control system, the company explains.

Demand response company, KiWi Power, is a commercial partner with National Grid, and together the two organisations pay a new and recurring revenue stream to help balance the electricity network during times of ‘grid stress’, for on average one hour, 30 times a year.

id Call says its ‘joining forces’ this year with Legrand, a ‘global leader in electrical and digital manufacturing’ with a £4.5 billion turnover, has increased its international presence, and ‘continues to further its dominance’ in wireless nurse call.

Devon Medical Turnkey Solutions says it provides ‘a one-stop answer’ to solving its customers’ building needs.

Stanburys, ‘an award-winning business enterprise firmly grounded in the estates management and surveying markets’, says that, having last year secured official endorsement from Autodesk for its CAFM (Computer Aided Facilities Management) software solution – being granted AutoCAD OEM status – it can now offer an estates management software solution specific to healthcare.

A multi-disciplinary building services design practice based in Liverpool, Steven Hunt Associates provides all aspects of building services engineering design, offering a diverse range of professional services to meet the needs of the healthcare sector, architects, design and build contractors, and consultant partners.

Exhibiting at the UK’s largest trade show for the healthcare estates sector, Assa Abloy will show, for the first time, its newly-formed UK Specification unit.

Sika has over 40 years’ experience in flooring, developing ‘innovative’ epoxy and polyurethane technologies such as ‘liquid applied vinyl’. It says its decorative floorings and coatings are ideally suited to healthcare and pharmaceutical applications.

Veolia will be exhibiting the ‘latest energy solutions’ for hospitals following the adoption of the group name by Dalkia.

‘Experts in total waste management’, Betts Envirometal, offer:

Returning to the IHEEM annual show for the third successive year, Turner & Townsend will launch its Building Information Model (BIM) solution to the healthcare sector.

IBI Group says that, with a significant rise in the number of service-users being admitted to mental health facilities, ‘it has never been more important to harness the power of design to enhance the care environment’.