RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

BeaconMedaes has developed a new Emergency Reserve Manifold (ERM) incorporating the primary manifold header, which it claims ‘has the highest specification on the market’.

Trend Controls, the international building energy management system (BEMS) manufacturer and supplier, has unveiled a new version of its energy management software – Trend Energy Manager v2.0, which it says ‘delivers numerous enhanced features that will enable building owners and managers to investigate how they are using energy, and devise strategies to reduce carbon emissions and save money’.

As fire detection specialist, Hochiki points out, ‘hospitals and other healthcare estates are constantly evolving environments that must be flexible enough to accommodate new layouts and changes of use, as and when required’.

Vistamatic, a specialist glazed secure vision panel manufacturer, says one of its biggest challenges in the past decade has been the speed and degree with which the ‘landscape’ and environment for caring for mentally unwell patients have evolved.

Symphony, a ‘3-in-1’ self-closing door system developed by Safehinge in conjunction with two other door industry specialists for the mental health sector, is said to address ‘every key challenge’, with an anti-ligature and anti-barricade design, full fire safety, and resistance to healthcare-associated infection.

Wandsworth Group will demonstrate how its IPiN Ethernet-based nurse call system can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of a mental health environment, with a live demonstration unit for both the core IPiN system, and the IPiN staff safety and patient tracking ‘app’ for Android phones.

Specialist furniture designed for use in ‘demanding’ environments will be being shown by Knightsbridge Furniture. The Knightsbridge Challenging Behaviour Furniture Collection comprises a portfolio of seating, tables, and cabinet units ‘designed to be safe, robust, and yet still stylish’.

Static Systems Group, a longestablished alarm and communication system supplier for healthcare environments, will show its Fusion-IP call and real time location system, and fire detection equipment.

Members of the Health Estate Journal editorial and advertising teams will have a joint stand with the IHEEM head office team.

Britplas, well known for its ‘multi awardwinning’ Safevent window, will show an in-house designed ‘revolutionary bedroom door’ which it says ‘addresses the key safety concerns associated with mental health settings’.

The Kingsway Group, an ‘expert’ in mental health doorsets and fittings – from individual items such as coat hooks and hand towel dispensers to full doorsets with fitted components – will be showcasing a number of new products and concepts ‘designed to minimise risk, enhance the healing environment, and provide a higher level of safety and security’.

P4 FASTEL, which manufactures ‘high performance, cost and energy-efficient emergency lighting products’, will showcase new wireless emergency lighting systems, its M-web+ fully addressable emergency lighting system, and new additions to its ‘stylish’ exit signage range.

Manufacturer of anti-ligature products and door and wall protection, Intastop, will show its new Door Top Alarm, ‘developed through consultations with a variety of customers from the mental health industry’.

ATB Secure will launch two new Taurus Max Healthcare Windows – a Horizontal Slider and an Automated Opening Window – designed specifically to meet the needs of mental health sector specifiers.

FBS Contracts, first established as a laboratory furniture company over 20 years ago, says that, having successfully diversified into the mental health sphere ‘several years ago’, it has since built up an excellent name.

ELGA Process Water has introduced a new monitoring tool to help in microbiological control of water systems. ‘Bactiquant-water’ is a simple-to-operate test system that gives a rapid indication of total viable bacteria count – a test which normally takes two or three days – in under an hour.

Beacon Medaes has developed a new emergency reserve manifold – incorporating the primary manifold header – which it says is the highest specification such unit on the market.

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, improved performance, and a longer capsule life of up to two months.

In a claimed world first, it has been reported that ‘antimicrobial copper’ surfaces in a Greek hospital ICU have not only reduced contamination but, due to a ‘halo effect’, have also lowered contamination on adjacent surfaces.

Knauf Facades’ new ThermaFrame system is designed ‘to meet the thermal requirements of any construction by greatly reducing thermal transfer through the wall, and removing the need for external insulation’, making U-values as low as 0.15 W/m2K ‘easily achievable’.