RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

The 08 system from wireless nurse call system specialist, Courtney-Thorne, which will be demonstrated in Manchester, incorporates touchscreen technology featuring ‘instant on-screen’ call message, with a locating facility via ‘unique on screen mapping’, and a call hierarchy that gives emergency calls ‘absolute priority’.

A range of single-use water filters that includes cartridges, shower heads, and spouts, will be shown by specialist in sanitary equipment, Delabie. Each Biofil filter has a hollow fibre membrane with a filtration threshold of 0.1 micron, absolute rated, ‘delivering microorganism-free water without changing the water’s chemical composition’.

Recent innovations from Medical Air Technology (MAT), which provides clean air technology for the healthcare, manufacturing, and laboratory sectors, include its Screenless UCVS Freeflow ultra-clean ventilation system, ‘setting a new benchmark for the modern operating theatre’.

Showcased by Apollo Fire Detectors will be its ‘world-class’ Discovery range of fire detection products.

Exhibiting its Panaway & SOLO units, Haigh is an established name in the manufacture, supply, and service, of macerators for hospitals worldwide.

Rochdale-headquartered Medical Gas Services says that, cumulatively, its specialist employees have over 150 years’ experience with medical gas pipeline and cylinder installations.

A doortop alarm developed to prevent attempted suicide from the tops of doors in mental health wards and similar settings will be a key focus on the Intastop stand. Intastop said of the system:

Eplus Global, which will share its stand with Multishower, provides ‘total services for Legionella and Pseudomonas control’.

Thorlux Lighting says customers can potentially reduce their energy costs by 75 per cent by using its luminaires and lighting control systems.

Fendor claims to have firmly established itself as the ‘go-to market leader’ in specialist fenestration products, having secured work in the refurbishment of all four UK high secure mental health hospitals, and ‘countless’ medium and low secure units.

Pointing out that healthcareassociated infections (HCAIs) resulting from medical care or treatment in hospitals, nursing homes, or even patients’ own homes, are estimated to cost the NHS approximately £1 billion, Biomaster will exhibit its ‘antimicrobial additive technology for hygiene-critical environments’.

Medical refurbishment specialist, Devon Medical Turnkey Solutions, will be exhibiting for the first time. The building division of medical equipment specialist Devon Medical undertakes ‘anything from small room alterations, to large new builds with complex CT and MRI suite design’.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Eurostar are among recent customers of FirePro, a specialist in modular fire suppression products and control systems.

After successfully launching its wall-hung pan for commercial washrooms at the international exhibition, ISH, in Frankfurt earlier this year, Wallgate has further developed it for use within mental healthcare – by offering it complete with a bonded anti-ligature seat, to be launched at Healthcare Estates 2013.

‘Tailored facilities solutions to create healthier environments that deliver staff and patient expectations, and enhance the experience for all who attend your location’, are promised by Elite Cleaning and Environmental Services, which provides daily and industrial cleaning and additional facility services, specialising in healthcare.

Bender UK, the specialist provider of IPS components, theatre control panels, UPS systems, and Steris surgical products, will showcase its capabilities ‘as a turnkey provider of innovative solutions for safe handling of electrical power and advanced provision of critical care products’, spotlighting its ‘unique’ ATICs automatic changeover device.

Mailbox, Stamford Products’ Healthcare Division, will profile new products and services which integrate with its established Medstor range of healthcare modular storage systems. The company says its ‘efficient and effective’ HTM71 and 63 storage systems ‘vastly improve the control and location of medical stock’.

P4 (FASTEL), which manufactures selftesting emergency lighting systems and exit signage, says: “We are proud to be involved with the healthcare sector.

Pall Corporation’s QPoint tap water filter assembly, the latest addition to the company’s range of advanced point-of-use filters for protection against waterborne pathogens, offers ‘enhanced features, and improved performance’, and a longer capsule life – of up to two months.

The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) is the UK’s largest specialist professional engineering Institute for the healthcare estates sector.