RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

A Next Control Systems monitoring system, one of the largest “packages” supplied by the company yet, is being installed across several facilities run by one of London’s leading private hospital groups.

C-TEC has launched a “universal” antibacterial wipe-clean pull cord pack. The NCP-13 contains two triangular bangles, a red fixing “bullet”, and three metres of “a revolutionary red vinylencapsulated cord with integral properties to help fight spread of infections such as MRSA, E. coli, C. difficile, S. aureus, and norovirus”.

Fire detection and emergency lighting system specialist, Hochiki Europe, has published a free A6-sized guide to BS5266, the code of practice for emergency lighting.

Connexion2 is now offering a free-touse product designed to improve upon traditional “Buddy”or call-back systems that it says enables effective colleague-to-colleague communication via a website.

With lasers well established in many areas of medicine and surgery, many healthcare facilities now use laser interlock systems to ensure automatic laser beam shut-off if safety doors, covers, or blinds, are opened in, say, an operating theatre environment.

ARM says hospitals fitting its new HTM-compliant wireless nurse call units will benefit from fast installation, “with minimal dust and disruption to the ward”, while stressing that such radio-based equipment offers “unlimited flexibility to modify and extend a system”

Zip Heaters has expanded its Hydroboil Plus on-wall boiling water system range to offer larger capacities of up to 40 litres. The new 10, 15, 25, and 40 litre units “offer users of larger capacity instant boiling water systems the energy-saving advantages associated with the existing Hydroboil Plus range”.

SAS International’s new “Drop & Slide” suspended metal ceiling system provides a flush finish, “like many competitor systems”, but differs in its “ingenious way of allowing access to the ceiling void for essential maintenance”.

Life-safety equipment manufacturer, C-TEC, has hailed its presence at this summer’s Firex 2011 event “a huge success”; it celebrated its 30th anniversary with an extensive array of new fire alarm control panels, call systems, and power supplies.

Vizcall says the “beauty” of its Viztouch IP fully IP-based nurse call system “lies in its clean clear interface”, which is simple for both patients and staff to use.

A “tailored collection” of taps, showers, and accessories for commercial and public sector applications has been created by bringing together leading products from Bristan and Sirrus by Gummers.

Altro’s new “design-led” Suprema II is the first safety flooring range to incorporate the company’s Easyclean Maxis PUR technology, which can reportedly reduce cleaning and maintenance costs throughout the product’s lifetime by up to 60%.

The new Cable management catalogue from Marshall-Tufflex reportedly “represents the industry’s definitive and most user-friendly guide to trunking systems and prefabricated/modular wiring solutions”.

A parallel opening window said to “optimise natural ventilation without compromising security” has been launched by Kawneer.

Eastwood Park Training’s new training calendar for July 2011 to March 2012 includes several new courses “reflecting the latest industry developments, legislative changes, and HTM guidelines”.

Environmental Water Systems (UK) (EWS), the water purification and water treatment specialist, has launched a “revised” service and maintenance offering – PureCare – “in response to current market conditions, tightening budgets, and the need to look at costs”.

Ansell Healthcare’s Revised Guide to EN Standards for Gloves provides comprehensive information about the legally binding Framework Directives 89/391/EEC and 89/656/EEC, and PPE Directive 89/686/EEC.

A heavy duty electronic push-button lock that has achieved fire safety and durability testing to American National Standards Institute (ANSI) grade 1 – the highest accreditation level, confirming its robustness against heavy use, has been introduced by Codelocks.

Tarkett’s latest vinyl safety flooring range, Safetred Naturals and Wood – “developed in response to a growing trend towards more natural, organic materials and surface finishes” – offers a variety of Wood and Stone designs “inspired by nature’s subtle beauty”.

Yorkshire-based Intaview has launched a new privacy and vision control system that utilises a twin-film concept “to provide a superior performance, and offer greater vision for privacy vision panels in office partitions, windows, doors, screens, and corridors”.