RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

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.

Now available in the UK, having been designed, engineered, and manufactured, in Germany for over a decade, the Anodix system is designed to combat Legionella by harnessing water’s natural properties to generate disinfection agents through ‘in-situ’ electrolysis.

Access control, hygiene, and increasing requirements for the safety of people, alongside sustainability, are key concerns for most care homes today.

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.

The £2.1 million, 650 m2 Simpson Birth Centre, recently at the opened at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, was built by Premier Interlink (Waco UK) in just 28 weeks in a ‘total design and build’ contract, with the design fully DDA and HTM-compliant.

Berchtold’s new Chromophare F 300 treatment and examination light is an LED-based system which the company says addresses some of the issues with earlier LED surgical lighting by offering optimal lighting ‘almost without reflections and shadows, ideal colour reproduction of the patient's tissue, and low power consumption’.

The Centre hospitalier de Rambouillet, in France’s Parisian region, is the country’s first hospital to install antimicrobial copper touch surfaces to fight pathogens and reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections.