RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Starkstrom manufactures and supplies ‘cutting edge’ equipment for medical facilities, and says it has been ‘trusted by hospitals in the UK and overseas for over 40 years’.

In ‘a concerted effort to take the complexity out of choosing the most appropriate nurse call system’, healthcare communication specialist, Static Systems Group (Stand C5), has categorised its Fusion-IP product range into three distinct sub-brands, and simultaneously added a wireless system.

On 8 and 9 October, Trend will be exhibiting on Stand C37 at this year's Healthcare Estates event, arguably the biggest conference and exhibition specifically aimed at those building, running, and maintaining, healthcare facilities throughout the UK.

Alarm Radio Monitoring (ARM) claims to be the UK's premier wireless nurse call and staff alarm system manufacturer, supplier, and installer.

Any hospital with a medical gas pipeline system (MGPS) will need an Authorising Engineer service to meet HTM 01-02 standards. BOC’s Richard Maycock, IEng MIHEEM is AE for several NHS Trusts and private hospitals, and can also provide remote AP and AE services.

Specialist in sustainable energy generation and management, Vital Energi, has appointed an established team of ‘healthcare energy specialists’ who, together, ‘have worked on more than 25 of the most significant NHS energy schemes carried out in the UK in the past 15 years’.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air Conditioning Europe (MHIACE) says it will introduce in Manchester ‘a unique product to the UK and European market’, following its ongoing success in Japan.

Dräger has supported the design of workplaces in acute medical care settings for over 50 years, and ‘knows the challenges’ its customers face.

Maquet Hospital Solutions, a solutions provider at over 5,000 locations worldwide, says it offers ‘outstanding concepts for operating theatres, hybrid operating theatres, catheter laboratories, and intensive care units’.

Whitecroft Lighting says it has been pioneering low energy lighting solutions in the healthcare sector for over 20 years, and is ‘proud to be associated with some of the most prestigious healthcare developments in recent years’.

Water and water treatment specialist, SMS Environmental, originally formed in the summer of 2001 by a group of process scientists and engineers, says it ‘knows its water’, and ‘what should, and what shouldn’t be, in it’.

The latest bedside and in-room patient entertainment ‘for today’s connected hospitals’ will be shown by Airwave Healthcare.

The Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at the University of Stirling says it has worked with individuals and organisations ‘to improve the design of care environments to make communities dementia-friendly; to influence policy, and to improve services for people with dementia’, for over 25 years.

Delayed action float valve manufacturer, Keraflo, says its products provide ‘accurate, environmentally efficient, water storage and tank control, helping to support best practice and water compliance’.

‘An exciting collection of ground-breaking display products is helping improve the lives of dementia patients in hospitals across the country’ – says Bradford-based New Vision Signs & Graphics, designer and installer of ‘innovative displays which help trigger memories for elderly patients, and improve the hospital environment’.

ENER-G will demonstrate its new range of combined heat and power (CHP) solutions, ‘especially adapted for the NHS’.

An extensive range of ‘standard’ and bespoke anti-ligature products ‘for environments where people may be at risk to themselves or others’, including door and window furniture, lighting, plumbing, washroom products, ventilation grilles, security screws and fixings, and dispensers, is offered by the Anti-Ligature Shop.

Planetsaver offers LED flat panels, retrofit lamps, and luminaries, fitted with Planetsaver ‘Dims to Low’ technology, which it says can help user organisations ensure that previously dark areas can remain lit even when people are not using them, ‘while reducing energy costs by up to 90 per cent’.

Horne Engineering is warning healthcare estates engineers in the process of removing the outlet fitting (often called a straightener) of their clinical taps in a bid to reduce Pseudomonad contamination risk that ‘this will actually exacerbate the issue of retrograde contamination, while also introducing other problems’.

According to flooring specialist, Tarkett, ‘while flooring represents a relatively small part of the overall weight of materials required for a building, being in permanent contact means it has a major functional and sensorial role’.