RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Horne Engineering has launched a narrated animation, viewable online (www.horne.co.uk/ blog/enhancinglegionella - control-and-compliance), which shows how a new Thermal Disinfection Adaptor for its Optitherm tap can ensure compliance with a key recommendation for controlling Legionella set out in the L8 “Control of Legionella in Water Systems Approved Code of Practice”.

Wall-mounted or mobile folding screens from Silentia provide a flexible means to segregate genders, improve privacy, and help maintain patient dignity on open wards.

Offered by TEAL Patents is a range of portable, self-contained hot water handwash stations.

In the first six months of 2011, Indepth Hygiene reports over 30% more enquiries for its specialist ventilation system cleaning services than in the same period in 2010.

Intastop, the door protection product specialist, will showcase its extensive portfolio, including anti-ligature systems, and its double swing fingerprotective hinge.

Strategic Health Asset Planning and Evaluation (SHAPE) is “a web-enabled, evidence-based application which informs and supports the strategic planning of services and assets across a whole health economy” (HEJ – September 2011).

Kingsway manufactures and supplies healthcare building products specially designed for use in “challenging” environments. Its four main product areas are:

The latest generation of the awardwinning Turbomiser chiller will be launched by Cool-Therm and Klima-Therm.

New products introduced this year by Starkstrom, a manufacturer and supplier of equipment used within the “high-end” clinical healthcare environment, include the eTCP touchscreen theatre control panel with a 17” touchscreen, MRI chambers, RF protection, and a Type 7 earth reference bar.

Flooring solutions including the new DLW Linoleum collection, Tarasafe safety flooring, and the new Mipolam Symbioz flooring range, plus SPM wall, door and corner protection products, will be exhibited by Gerflor.

Secondary glazing systems manufactured and installed by Selectaglaze are used to treat windows in laboratories, cleanrooms, and general areas, including wards.

Lighting specialist Exled says that, although LED floodlighting has been “a while in the making” – largely because LEDs could not compete against the strength of sodium bulbs in casting their light source the same distance, “especially outside” – the situation has now changed.

Honeywell Building Solutions (HBS) says it “supports facility managers with state-of-the-art services in energy management and building systems, helping them combat rising costs by increasing efficiency and productivity”.

Nationwide Gritting and Salt Supplies (NGS) not only supplies salt to treat icy roads, car parks, and pedestrian areas, but also offers professional gritting, snow clearance, and protection against accidents caused by ice.

Cistermiser will showcase its touchfree washroom control products. Incorporation of the latest WRASapproved infrared technology allows hospital washrooms to benefit from complete automation and touch-free systems, helping to reduce crosscontamination and infection.

Conceding that although carbon-neutral power generation has always been attractive, the cost has, at times, proven prohibitive, EOS Energy says “the time is now right to harness renewable energy’s power”.

Claiming to be the only company in its field that can offer “a complete decontamination solution”, Partners For Endoscopy offers pass-through automatic endoscope reprocessors with a “unique” triplex design.

Plexus, Gent by Honeywell’s first ever wireless fire detection system, uses “unique” mesh technology for “an unprecedented level of integrity and user confidence”.

Pall’s latest GeneDisc Cycler is an automated, miniaturised, real-time PCR system providing “rapid, sensitive, and specific pathogen detection”.

Clockwork IT’s SDMobile software allows exchange of real-time information between professionals, management teams, and commissioners, “maximising capacity and efficiency while enhancing security of staff and patients”.