RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

“It is amazing what a little imaginative thinking can to do to change the aesthetics of an often hostile and institutionalised environment into a warmer, more welcoming, atmosphere,” says Vistamatic, a specialist vision panel supplier to both the acute and mental health sectors.

The centrepiece of a range of ‘premium performance’ fire detection and emergency lighting systems shown by Hochiki Europe will be live working demonstrations of the company’s latest ‘breakthrough’ – FIREscape+ – which integrates addressable fire detection and emergency lighting technology ‘to provide an intelligent wayfinding solution’.

Tough Furniture, a ‘specialised manufacturer of furniture for use where challenging behaviours are encountered’, says its products ‘successfully achieve the difficult balance between function and form’.

Alarm Radio Monitoring (ARM) says that, while, ‘traditionally’, any failure of a hardwired nurse call system has meant ‘lengthy delays and expensive closures of wards while replacement cables are run’, with its new HTM 08-03 compliant wireless units, a new/replacement system can be easily installed ‘with the minimum of disruption and cost’.

A diverse range of filtration membranes for ‘critical contamination control’ in healthcare, specifically engineered for the filtration of hospital water, respiration, parenteral therapy, general surgical applications, and blood component therapy, is offered by Pall Medical.

Leading innovator’ in medical device design and manufacture, TRUMPF, says it will show its ‘world-first technologies’, on display in a ‘bespoke modular operating theatre’ (pictured), built off-site ‘in a matter of days’.

Heatrae Sadia will be providing information on its new, UK-manufactured Supreme Counter Top ‘instant boiling water unit’ – designed specifically for premises with limited wall space.

Aid Call says wireless nurse call is ‘safe, reliable and proven’, with over 3,000 systems installed nationwide, and claims such systems offer ‘fast and easy installation, at a fraction of the cost of a wired system’.

Loxos, which supplies a wide range of range of nappy changing, child bathing, and clinical assessment stations, for environments such as maternity and neo-natal units and paediatric wards, says that not only can the units be tailored to each customer’s needs, but they can also be incorporate ‘striking and inventive designs’, and be produced in a broad range of colours, to ‘soften the look’ of a clinical area, and ‘fit’ with ward designs.

Earlier this year specialist manufacturer of isolated power supply (IPS) systems and theatre control panels, Bender UK, became sole UK distributor for Steris surgical products, and the newly formed partnership is ‘already proving a success’.

Already providing energy services to 5,570 hospitals across 40 countries, Dalkia claims to be ‘the market-leader for energy efficiency projects that provide savings on operational costs and reductions in CO2’.

A new scheme, SP 205, for companies ‘large and small’ that provide life safety fire risk assessment (SP205), has been launched by BAFE, the independent registration body for companies that have achieved third party quality certification of their fire protection services.

First-time exhibitor, Assa Abloy, will showcase a ‘host of door opening solutions’ at this year’s Healthcare Estates, demonstrating how its products can ‘address issues such as infection control, accessibility, and security’.

Furniture, fixtures, and fittings, for the recently completed £276 m South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland’s first NHS hospital with 100% single patient bedrooms, were manufactured and installed by Deanestor.

Numatic International, offering a comprehensive range of cleaning and janitorial systems specifically tailored to healthcare use, can provide ‘the complete package’, including wet or dry vacuums, floor care products/systems, and janitorial trolleys.

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’.