RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

CARE, a new solution that the UK parking solutions firm says will enable healthcare facilities to manage their own parking system simply and effectively, and support a better patient, visitor, and staff experience, has been unveiled by APT Skidata.

Coltraco Ultrasonics says it developed its Portascanner COVID-19 hand-held device as a means of non-invasive monitoring for air leaks within clinical spaces, and especially ICUs, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic last Summer.

In what it dubs its ‘latest step to help specifiers and contractors mitigate fire risk in the fifth façade’, Rockwool has launched HARDROCK UB34, a non-combustible insulation solution specially designed for parapet walls and upstands on flat roofs.

Challis MS says it has designed the Challis Ag+ Sentinel Valve due to ‘a general acceptance’ that most Pseudomonas flare-ups involving taps 'are a direct result of back contamination of the open tap spout by contaminated aerated water droplets'.

A new, ‘improved’ Q-Flow surgical light – available in the UK from Bender UK – has been revealed by Merivaara of Finland.

Medical Air Technology (MAT) has designed a scheme for the major refurbishment of an existing laboratory at University Hospital Crosshouse – a large district general hospital near Kilmarnock in south-west Scotland.

Bender has launched a new, ‘premium’ PACS Console for use in operating theatres and critical care areas, which it says ‘employs proven display technology to deliver superior quality images to clinicians viewing scans, images, and hospital records’.

Apollo Fire Detectors, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of fire detection and alarm devices, has launched its range of flush mounted, EN54-7 approved fire detectors to the international market.

Marshall-Tufflex’s PowerPoles and Odyssey Bio trunking have been used in the fitting out of the COVID-19 Lighthouse Laboratory in Plymouth, which, when fully operational, will have the capacity to process up to 40,000 COVID-19 tests per day.

Metalline claims to be the first the first UK cladding manufacturer to ‘uniquely offer’ both non-combustible aluminium rainscreen and non-combustible aluminium insulated Spandrel panels, all fully tested and certified to Class A1 rating.

Furniture manufacturer, Knightsbridge, has partnered with designer, Bruce Kenneth (pictured right, with Knightsbridge’s director of Design & Development, Jason Brown), to develop ‘a unique collection of furniture for the healthcare sector'.

Contract interior specialist, Gradus, has designed and installed bespoke wall protection with a printed finish at the new £350 m Grange University Hospital in Llanfrechfa, Cwmbran, in Wales.

Steve Sweryda (pictured centre) of Interfurn Medical Systems Ltd stepped down from his role as managing director at the end of December 2020, handing over the reins to the company's operations director, Jon Fletcher (pictured far left).

Medical Air Technology (MAT) says it is proud to have been part of the team that delivered the new £25 m treatment centre for Queen's Hospital Burton, installing two ultraclean operating theatres as part of the centre’s facilities for orthopaedic sur

P-Wave, a specialist supplier of washroom air fresheners and antibacterial products, says its Steri-Core antimicrobial silver ion technology door furniture helps reduce the spread of bacteria and viruses.

LTE Scientific, a leading manufacturer and supplier of laboratory and medical equipment, has introduced a range of low temperature sterilisation products to aid the reprocessing of heat-sensitive medical devices and surgical instruments.

Honeywell has expanded its Healthy Buildings Air Quality offering to help improve and measure indoor air quality with the new Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaners (EACs) with UV Systems (pictured), and a new range of indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors.

The latest version of Remsdaq’s EntroWatch access control software for Entro series door controllers, contactless card readers, and keypads includes several new features which the company claims ‘help make buildings COVID-19 secure’.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has recently invested in the MyPorter portering management system to help improve service resilience and patient flow as it heads into ‘the double challenge’ of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and usual winter pressures.

Recently incorporated UK-based company, KSG Health, has begun importing, and can now UK customers, a range of air purification devices from Finnish company, Genano.