RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

BeaconMedæs and Atlas Copco have combined their expertise to develop a ‘state-of-the-art upgrade kit’ for medical plant systems, comprising the ES central plant controller, and the Elektronikon Mk 5 local compressor/pump controller.

Supplier and ‘innovator’ of door and wall protection for healthcare establishments, Intastop, will be showing ‘two firsts’.

Armitage Shanks says that, with today’s healthcare market ‘changing faster than ever before’, it is ‘paramount that healthcare professionals have equipment they can rely on’.

Spirax Sarco is inviting show visitors to explore ways to boost energy centre efficiency via an informal chat with its steam system experts.

ATB Systems will show its new ‘enhanced security’ Taurus Max Parallel Opening window, said to be ‘ideal for hospitals, where both security and improved air circulation are essential’.

MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and energy services company, says it will be offering visitors to Healthcare Estates 2012 ‘expert advice and guidance on how sustainable practices are changing the NHS for the better, while reducing operating costs’.

Courtney-Thorne says that, while replacing an ‘ageing’ nurse call system with an HTM-compliant version can be ‘daunting, financially and operationally’, with its ‘08’ wireless nurse call system, a typical ward can have its system replaced ‘in days’, often without needing to be closed.

Specialist in the design of anti-ligature door and window fittings, Primera, says that, ‘until now’, access control has ‘posed a serious challenge within the mental healthcare environment – largely because conventional access control products do not cater for the specific safety needs of the service user’.

The ‘economic, social, and environmental benefits of sustainable decentralised energy’ will be showcased by MITIE’s Asset Management division.

Issues such as infection control, pressure management, and manual handling, are key considerations in the design of all the hospital and other healthcare furniture manufactured by Taurus Contract Furniture, with the same care and expertise applied to manufacture and fit-out, the company says.

Advanced Hygienic Contracting will explain the benefits of ‘the world’s first proven antimicrobial PVC wall cladding to incorporate BioCote silver ion antimicrobial technology’.

Environmental Water Systems (UK) will unveil its the EcoSave water softeners, and Endotherm Mini, at this year’s Healthcare Estates event.

With energy costs increasing, and growing pressure on organisations to cut their carbon emissions, Trend Control Systems says natural ventilation ‘looks set to enjoy considerably wider use’.

This presentation will explain how collaboration between the Lincolnshire Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT), design teams, and the contractor, culminated in an award-winning mental health rehabilitation facility in Lincoln.

Joe Forster, chairman of the Design in Mental Health Network (DIMHN), will look closely at the design of anti-ligature door and window fittings in the context of forthcoming changes to the Door & Hardware Federation’s technical specification for anti-ligature products – TS001.

GE and Bart’s Health NHS Trust will be describing an approach via which they are working together ‘to deliver a new and innovative approach to carbon and energy usage reduction, by looking not just at the latest technology, but also at the Trust’s most important resource – its people’.

Duncan Agnew, head of the Healthcare team at designer and manufacturer of the PowerStar voltage optimisation system, EMSc (UK), will use the company’s HEJ Product Showcase presentation to explain how voltage optimisation works, identify where it does and does not reduce electricity consumption, and ‘outline the many benefits of implementing the technology in the healthcare sector’.

“With a carbon footprint equivalent to 21 million tonnes of CO2, and shrinking budgets, few organisations face an environmental challenge like the NHS.

According to Dalkia, with the sector facing continuing pressure to reduce carbon emissions and footprint, NHS Trusts now have at their disposal a wide range of potential solutions that can substantially cut CO2 emissions from electricity, heat, and cooling systems.

Emergency lighting is a vital element of any life safety system, and plays a key role in guiding people to a safe location in the event of mains lighting failure.