RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Mindful that, with many nurse call alarm systems in large wards displaying calls from patients on central display panels or overdoor lights, it can be difficult to accurately identify the call location, Aid Call has “gone back to basics”, and developed “a radical new wireless nurse call system”, “the Touchsafe”, to address the issue.

Andrews Sykes has launched a scrappage scheme to enable customers to trade in their “older, inefficient” portable air conditioners for “a brand new, greener, more powerful model”.

The “quality, performance, and energy efficiency” of Waterloo’s chilled beams have received international recognition, with Eurovent certification for all the company’s active and chilled beams.

Canonbury Healthcare says that, with steel toe cap boots “renowned for causing huge discomfort”, its new “Bootmate Safety Socks” will give wearers of such footwear relief.

Ansell Healthcare, a specialist in barrier protective solutions, has introduced WorkGuard 43-216, a “sturdy, heatresistant” leather welding glove that “offers high levels of protection against molten metal splashes and conductive heat”.

BioCote claims healthcare engineers and estates managers undertaking new or refurbishment building projects can “dramatically reduce the risk of patient and staff exposure to potentially deadly bacteria like MRSA” by utilising building solutions that feature BioCote antimicrobial silver ion technology.

Sunray has developed “a unique stackable louvre system”. The StackableLouvre is “designed to be accommodating”, and can be made to suit “virtually any structural opening”, including facetted curves, slopes, and arches.

Viztouch IP is a fully IP-based nurse call system from Vizcall built on the company’s successful Call Master model, which has a room station which features “icon-based reassurance”, “intelligent call routing”, and easy-to-understand functions – ranging from visual VoIP, to an Eco bedlight control application for reducing power consumption.

Following its recent introduction (HEJ – August 2010) of a keyboard designed to meet stringent infection control standards, Bytec Medical has launched the SmartCart – “a versatile mobile computing and power management stand incorporating integrated cable management for both data and power supply”,

Real Asset Management, the supplier of asset management software to the NHS, is encouraging potential customers that did not have the opportunity to visit its stand in Manchester, but may be seeking an efficient estates helpdesk and maintenance management solution, to contact it for a product demonstration.

Aid Call claims to have been “at the forefront” of wireless nurse call technology for over 30 years.

According to Trend Control Systems, up to 84% of a building’s energy consumption could be under the control of a building energy management system (BEMS), but, as the company puts it: “How many users are actually properly in control of such equipment?”

Pall Medical says the Department of Health has recently issued notification that it has become aware of outbreaks of infection with pseudomonads in augmented care wards such as those use for high dependency, critical care, renal, and burns treatment.

In “an age of austerity”, where it says financial cuts are “systematically employed”, Monodraught believes there are “three key areas” for the healthcare estates professional: -- patient welfare, energy use, and maintenance costs.

Aggreko claims to be the “global leader” in the rental of power and temperature control solutions, providing bespoke solutions to hospitals and healthcare estates teams utilising its “renowned expertise” and extensive range of temporary equipment.

According to Courtney-Thorne, “accountability for both care products and staff performance are very important factors in today's healthcare industry”.

This year Spirax Sarco experts were on hand to show how using the latest steam systems and innovative technologies can help health managers meet fast-approaching carbon reduction targets.

Safetherm, the new thermostatic mixer tap for healthcare from Rada – the “worldwide experts” in commercial showering, washroom controls, fittings and systems – is said to set “new standards in safety, ease of use, and serviceability”.

With over 80 years’ experience in providing energy management to the healthcare sector, Dalkia is says it now helping over 100 UK hospitals meet their obligations under Carbon Reduction Commitment, as well as to cut costs, and demonstrate sustainability and good corporate responsibility.

Marshall-Tufflex’s award-winning antimicrobial cable management system is continuing to impress health Trusts and hospital infection control managers around the country, with more and more healthcare facilities investing in its “bug-busting” qualities, and favouring its curved profile, which “aids cleaning regimes and repels clutter”.