RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Spirax Sarco is adding more training courses to its schedule to meet ‘record demand’ for boiler operator training.

‘More energy-efficient steam systems’ are the promise of the new STS17.2 steam trapping station just launched by Spirax Sarco in an expansion of its Quick-Fit steam trap range.

Spirax Sarco says its TVA steam flowmeter is designed specifically for measuring steam flow, and can ‘help support healthcare facilities’ energy reduction targets’.

Hospital technology and wiring accessories specialist, The Wandsworth Group, has launched a range of blue sockets to comply with NHS Medical Electrical Installation Guidance Notes (MEIGaN).

Bushboard Washrooms says it has ‘evolved’ its ‘tried and trusted’ RPM system to deliver its most economical, well designed pre-plumbed system to date.

C-TEC has launched what it claims is ‘a revolutionary and highly cost-effective’ range of dementia care products for use with its popular Quantec addressable call system.

Designer, developer, and manufacturer of thermostatic mixing and temperature control valves, Horne Engineering, says that waterborne bacteria are ‘ubiquitous’, and argues that it is thus ‘arguably impossible’ to completely eradicate them from hospital water supplies.

The new volume-controlled counter current range of EcoSave Water Softeners from Environmental Water Systems (UK) reportedly offers significant cost savings, and ‘reduced negative impact on the environment’, plus reliable, economical operation.

Germany’s largest geriatric facility – the Berlin Geriatrics Centre (Evangelisches Geriatriezentrum Berlin), – has specified antimicrobial copper door furniture throughout to augment its infection prevention procedures – the largestscale antimicrobial copper deployment in healthcare to date.

Contour Casings has developed a ‘unique’ low surface temperature radiator (LST) guard for Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, to protect service users from dangerously hot surfaces.

The ‘Jetvent’ system, recently deployed by industrial and ventilation cleaning specialist, System Hygienics, to clean the ductwork in the subterranean car park at Hinxton Hall, part of the Wellcome Trust’s Genome Campus in Cambridgeshire, was reportedly heralded ‘a revelation’ by the customer.

Members of the ‘Planet’ team from Qube Global Software say they had a successful HefmA 2012 show, and enjoyed meeting a wide variety of healthcare sector personnel.

ISS Facility Services Healthcare is to deliver soft FM services to the Fulham Road Collaborative, comprising three London NHS Trusts and the Institute of Cancer Research, under a contract worth £100 million.

Static Systems Group will showcase ‘exciting advances’ to its Fusion-IP nurse call system. Using ‘platform-independent’ technology, and ‘a major breakthrough in real-time location’ (RTLS), Fusion-IP is said to be ‘leading the market with its innovative healthcare communication applications (apps)’.

Mechline will show its Waste20 food waste digester, which it says can digest up to 180 kg of soft food waste in just 24 hours, ‘leaving nothing but grey water that is safe for the building’s drains’.

Services ‘old and new’, all aimed at providing estates and facilities departments with accurate building information, to be shown by Topscan, will include the company’s new Electronic Room Monitoring service.

Part of the Government Procurement Service (GPS) Framework for laundry and linen, Grosvenor Contracts claims to offer laundry buyers ‘greater choice and freedom’, having recently made significant investment by installing ‘the latest in high-tech laundry equipment and facilities’.

NIFES Consulting Group was formed 59 years ago to advise UK energy-users on improving efficiency. The company’s Low Carbon Projects & Solutions team offers an ‘expert end-toend consulting process’ to take clients from initial studies to fully commissioned projects.

Already providing energy services to 6,159 hospitals across 40 countries, and with 80 years’ experience in healthcare sector energy management, Dalkia claims to be ‘a market-leader for energy efficiency projects that provide savings on operational costs and reductions in CO2’.

“Why employ one energy manager when you can have all the advantages and expertise of the Low Carbon UK team?” So says the company, which will be launching its new Retained Energy Management / Advisory Service to NHS Clients at HefmA 2012, available through the Government Procurement Service Framework Agreement, ref. no. CM/AAC/09/5124.