RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Guldmann, which develops, manufactures, and markets, technical aids for the disabled, and working tools for their carers, such as ceiling and patient lifts, says it is ‘the expert at providing safe, comfortable, and efficient ways to lift, move, and position people, in a wide variety of settings’.

Sentinel Commercial says water softeners commonly used in hard water areas to protect building services systems from limescale ‘can waste considerable water, and require a regular and costly supply of salt’.

Over the past decade, Gilling Dod Architects says it has ‘earned a reputation for creating outstanding buildings, accomplished designs, and true healing environments’ – for healthcare clients across the UK.

Courtney-Thorne, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of wireless nurse call systems, will showcase its 08 System.

A ‘revolutionary’ IP nurse call bedhead unit which accommodates a standard hardware and ‘open’ software solution, making it easy to install, maintain, and configure, will be shown by Vizcall.

Toilets with cisterns were designed for domestic use, and are not suited to commercial environments.

An increasing number of hospitals and private clinics are selecting Bender’s ATICS to safeguard vital power supplies and protect patients in critical care facilities, the company says.

Professor Hans-Curt Flemming, from the University of Duisburg-Essen’s Biofilm Centre, (who spoke at a recent Pall Medical-sponsored conference in Liverpool on reducing waterborne infections in healthcare facilities – see pages 31-35), reports that approximately 95% of a water system’s total biomass is attached to its walls – ‘irrespective of the pipe materials used’.

Visitors to the Manhattan Atrium stand can see how the Atrium Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software suite can help optimise the NHS estate ‘by addressing both strategic asset investment planning and day-to-day operational asset management’.

As ‘a market-leading provider of infection prevention products and solutions’, Vernacare will showcase its latest innovations, including its new, ‘easy-clean’ commode chair and Vortex pulp disposal unit (pictured).

‘Renowned as the combustion experts in all things associated with commercial and industrial heat generating plant’, SAACKE is also an ‘expert’ in firing gaseous and liquid wastes, biogas and fumes, ‘together with modernisation of existing equipment to reduce energy use, improve efficiency, save fuel, and reduce emissions’.

The experts at Rada have revealed that they are to preview a ‘redefining technology’ in healthcare taps and showers.

Wilo, which supplies products and technology for heating and air-conditioning, water supply, drainage and sewage, and industrial processes such as food manufacture, describes its Wilo-Stratos GIGA high efficiency inline pump as ‘the solution for optimising the cost of heating, cold water, and cooling systems, in industry and buildings’.

Vinyl flooring specialist, Polyflor, says its new Polysafe Verona PUR ‘confidently lays a major foundation for the future of the decorative safety flooring market’.

Atlas Copco’s ‘Purge-Saver’ is a new online tool that enables users to calculate the energy costs they can save by using ‘state-of-the-art purge control technology’ for Atlas Copco and BeaconMedæs medical air plant installations.

A new range of ‘hard-wearing, homogeneous’ compact vinyl offers specifiers and architects ‘an unprecedented opportunity to be creative’, its manufacturer says. Tarkett’s Premium Collection features Eclipse Premium and Primo Premium, and, the company maintains, ‘combines best-in-class performance with an array of appealing designs’.

Hygienic touchscreen operating theatre control panels from Bender UK are said to offer ‘the ultimate flexibility in terms of features and functionality’ for new and refurbishment installations within healthcare.

Traka, the key management specialist, can now integrate its systems with the G4S access control software, Symmetry, allowing the functionality of the Traka32 software to be managed through Symmetry.

Securikey’s Fire Stor fire and burglaryresistant storage cabinets have a double-walled construction incorporating a fire-resistant filling compliant with DIN 4102.

Primera Passport antiligature locksets have been purpose designed for mental healthcare applications, and to satisfy growing demand for service users to have complete control over access to, and from, their personal living space.