RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

BeaconMedæs has launched ‘the second generation’ (Mk 2 variants) of its Medipoint medical gas alarms. The Medipoint 26 is specifically designed to monitor departmental gas pressure of up to six gases under ‘normal’, ‘high pressure’, and ‘low pressure’, conditions.

The ‘popular’ range of Universal electric strikes from ASSA, part of ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, is now fully compatible with its most popular lockcase.

Fitzpatrick says that, ‘for buildings that demand the highest security and protection’, architects and specifiers should ‘look no further’ than its ‘Yobstopper’ doorset, which, with steel bindings, steel hinges, and angle gap guards, is ‘a door not to contend with’.

Trend Control Systems has launched the first two models in ‘a new generation’ of building energy management system (BEMS) controllers. Although small, the Trend IQ411 (pictured) and IQ412 reportedly offer ‘advanced capabilities not found on any other building services controller, even much larger ones’.

Sealwise WCB is a new type of ‘incredibly tough, waterprooffor- life’ board, which ‘looks like top-of-the range melaminefaced plywood or faced MDF, but which is actually made of PVC’, and can be supplied with fully integrated antibacterial properties.

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 events at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital in 2008 offered a vivid reminder of the life safety implications of a serious hospital fire.

BeaconMedæs has launched ‘the second generation’ (Mk 2 variants) of its Medipoint medical gas alarms.

In a contract worth almost £1 million, Static Systems Group (SSG) is installing integrated systems comprising nurse call, staff attack, and bedhead trunking, at the £110 m Emergency Care Centre at Foresterhill, Aberdeen.

A new version of Global Automatics’ Premier-Slide 100 automatic door operator incorporates a claimed industry first – a self-diagnostic display within the flush-mounted doorframe switch that automatically displays anything affecting the door operation, so users can identify the issue themselves and reset where appropriate, or relay the information to an engineer.

Polyflor says its new Polysafe Ecomax heavy-duty safety vinyl flooring, available in 12 shades, ‘combines uncompromising levels of slip resistance with best value pricing’..

A new range of C02 commercial heat pumps designed to provide commercial sanitary hot water and high volumes of stored thermal energy is now available throughout the UK from exclusive UK distributor, ICS Heat Pump Technology.

A new range of unvented cylinders for commercial and large residential projects has been introduced by Heatrae Sadia. Megaflo Commercial is available with a lead time of just two weeks from order, and has 24 variants.

Fireco has launched a special Dorgard Effects range of finishes, ‘specifically designed for the more discerning architectural interiors market’. The new sleek designs come in a range of ultra-high gloss finishes, including Mahogany, Beech, Oak, and Ash, designed to blend into a fire door.

HCA’s Portland and London Bridge Hospitals in London have equipped their brand new PICU and ICU with Brandon Medical’s ‘next generation’ Atlas medical pendants. Seventeen have been installed at bedheads to maximise the number of patient services immediately accessible around the patient.

Danish electrical contractor, Lindpro, has selected The Wandsworth Group’s IPiN nurse call system for all its hard-wired nurse call installations, in a deal potentially worth up to 25 million Danish Krone (£2.5 million) annually.

Two new ranges of beam seating have been introduced by Knightsbridge Furniture, an Approved Supplier to the NHS, ‘to meet demand for stylish yet cost-effective seating in waiting rooms and reception areas’.

Aiming to improve patient privacy and dignity at Warwick Hospital, moveable partition specialist, Style, has installed acoustic, moveable glass partitions in the hospital’s A&E Observation Unit, delivering flexible space that is easy and quick for staff to organise into single sex-accommodation with some en suite facilities.

Altro describes its new Altro Aquarius as ‘an evolution in safety flooring’ that offers ‘guaranteed performance’ in wet or dry conditions for combined shoe and barefoot use – including hard-soled, rubber, and training shoes.

Pointing out that all employers must have a ‘suitable and sufficient strategy’ to provide for the safe evacuation of all staff, clients, and visitors, including those who may require assistance.