RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

A modular electrical distribution system from Modular Wiring Systems at Edinburgh’s new Spire Shawfair Park Hospital has speeded completion and won a new convert in the form of senior contracts manager at NG Bailey Stuart McMenigall.

Service connections specialist Crown Energy claims that “the biggest headache in any property development project is coordinating multiple utility service providers”.

A-Gas (UK) has “gone live” with a dedicated website to help businesses gain further insight and help with the virgin HCFC use ban. The re-packager of refrigerant and other gases says that, “despite all the publicity and warnings”, there are still end-users unaware that they may be storing illegal refrigerants.

A £270 million rationalisation of healthcare in Newcastle-upon-Tyne has seen a suite of Rada products installed in two specialist hospitals. The Newcastle Hospitals PFI project involves rationalisation of the city’s currently fragmented clinical services.

An integrated service panel which can incorporate radiant heating, combining hygienic, space-saving, and energyefficient heating with easily installed and maintained services, has been launched by HCP, the specialist heating division of SAS International.

Kaba Door Systems has installed 19 sets of bespoke automatic single sliding door packages at Colchester General Hospital as part of a continuous improvement of patient dignity and privacy there.

With the number of people in the UK classified as obese increasing substantially, Plinth 2000 has introduced a bariatric trolley with a safe working load (SWL) of 320 kg (50 stone), designed to reduce unnecessary patient handling and minimise the risk of client or carer injuries.

Wi-Fi-based real-time locating system (RTLS) supplier to the healthcare sector Airetrak has enhanced its ResourceView information solution with new Wi-Fi temperature monitoring functionality.

A new core formulation from Knauf Drywall is claimed to make a specialist plasterboard “a real alternative” to lead-based radiation shielding for X-ray facilities.

Contour Showers has undertaken “major investment in new production processes” to develop its “eco-friendly” Eco-dec recyclable wet floor formers – claimed to have a carbon footprint “70% lower than any similar plastic product on the market”.

A door designed to help fight infection spread, one of the features of which is a patented track system which, in combination with the door’s own weight and a continuous neoprene gasket, “creates a perfect seal against the door frame”, has been launched by Dortek.

The Saracen Waterless Urinal System, distributed exclusively by Plumb Center, is said to cut operational costs, save energy, reduce waste, and “improve the user’s washroom experience”.

NHS Trusts should find it easier to fight infections with the NHS Supply Chain’s offer of free, battery-operated, SaniPost hand sanitiser stations to hospitals across England and Wales.

A new “seven-day-a-week” Milton Keynes medical facility is the latest GP-led health centre to use the Terrapin Unitrex “flat pack” building system.

Four theatres, two new and two refurbished, at London’s famous Royal Marsden Hospital, have been equipped with over 40 medical storage trolleys, including a number of bespoke designs, from wire, aluminium, stainless steel, and chrome shelving supplier Bedford Shelving Director Mark Walsh said:

PegaSys, the latest in wireless intelligent access control from Ingersoll Rand, provides “an instant, economical way to upgrade traditional mechanical doors to a fully electronically-controlled access system”.

A range of “ion generators” which developer Sharp Electronics says use technology proven to be “99% effective” in preventing the infectivity of airborne forms of the seasonal H1N1 influenza and H5N1 avian influenza viruses was launched in the UK last month.

A range of aluminium/timber windows, doors, and framing, designed for longevity, that combines sustainably grown FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) or PEFC (Pan European Forest Certification) timbers with “100% recyclable aluminium” has been launched by The Parkside Group.

A system of “outdated” security cameras at Manchester’s Christie Hospital, one of the UK’s leading cancer centres, has been replaced with a purpose-designed system supplied by Schneider Electric With many staff working shifts, 24/7 operation, and a constant patient/visitor flow, maintaining security was proving a challenge for existing camera system.

A C-TEC Quantec addressable call system has been installed at the new £10 m Todmorden Health Centre in Yorkshire.