RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

When Spirax Sarco supplied new, energy-saving heating and hot water systems for Kettering General Hospital, it also helped secure Government funding for the project.

Alarm Radio Monitoring has just completed the first phase of a new staff personal security system installation at the New State Hospital in Lanarkshire. The existing State Hospital is one of only four high secure hospitals in the UK, and is currently undergoing a £65 million rebuild, due for completion by 2010/11.

Cogeneration specialist ENER-G says City Hospitals Sunderland will “dramatically cut” both its carbon emissions and energy costs at the 970-bed Sunderland Royal Hospital by installing one of the company’s 1.55 MW combined heat and power (CHP) systems.

The exacting thermal specification for NHS Lothian’s new Midlothian Community Hospital in Bonnyrigg includes EcoTherm polyisocyanurate (PIR) insulation roofboard.

Curtain walling, windows and doors from Kawneer are to feature on the £170 million PPP “waveform” extension to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Designed by BDP Architects to exacting solar transmission criteria, the new wing will feature Kawneer’s AA110 dry-jointed curtain walling on the concave and convex main west elevation and on courtyards.

Wycombe Hospital has reportedly reduced its electricity bill for a single piece of plant by over £5,000 over a year, after installing an EMPOWER intelligent plant control system from SHJ Hospital Pipelines that has taken over primary control of a threecompressor medical air system.

Hampshire Primary Care Trust, reportedly England’s largest PCT, has selected Real Asset Management (RAM’s) Asset4000 asset inventory and depreciation software to manage assets valued at some £150 million.

A Sureclad ceramic granite ventilated façade system from Shackerley has proved an attractive cladding solution for Quattro Design Architects in Gloucester charged with delivering a new clinic in Cheltenham for registered cancer charity the Cobalt Appeal Fund.

A single-tray service trolley launched by E&R Moffat aims to address “a problem for all hospital caterers” – how to serve a piping hot main meal on one half of the tray, and keep the other half (for example salad and dessert) properly chilled simultaneously.

An order said to be one of the UK’s largest ever for cast iron soil and drain pipe is seeing ductile iron pipe, fitting, valve, access cover, and grating supplier Saint-Gobain PAM UK supply almost 25 miles of its Ensign soil pipe to Britain’s biggest single-site hospital development.

Citrica has extended its “green” range of consumables with a new “Swine Flu and MRSA” cleaning product, Selgiene Ultra,

CMS Acoustics, which claims to be the UK’s largest provider of acoustic solutions, has launched a specification guide to support mechanical and electrical (M&E) consultants and contractors in selecting the right acoustic or vibration product for specific applications.

Premier Interlink (Waco UK) now offers a new concrete floor option for healthcare buildings which it says increases the acoustic dampening qualities of the building and reduces vibration in high traffic, high equipment load areas, such as plant rooms or MRI and X-ray areas.

Recently launched by Israel’s Savion Industries is a range of patient transportation systems for adults and children with highly contagious airborne infectious diseases such as swine flu, SARS, and tuberculosis, designed for “first line transportation” from initial patient reception to sterile isolation units.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is utilising Chloride’s 80-NET UPS system to protect cardiac catheter equipment from power disruptions and impurities in the power supply at the Birmingham City Hospital and Sandwell General Hospital.

Dyteqta says its new DYTEQTA-SYSTEM, reportedly the world’s first dedicated remote, non-invasive, non-destructive drainage monitoring system, “marks a major advance in the battle against disease transmission through crosscontamination”.

Newcastle-based fire and security glazing specialist Fendor launched at the recent Healthcare Estates exhibition a “revolutionary new slipper clutch mechanism” designed for use in anti-ligature, anti-contraband windows.

New Testo 875 and Testo 881 ideal for use in HVAC and Building applications to highlight energy losses and reduce costs.

Power Electrics Generators - the UK's leading independent supplier of specialist generators for sale and rental has considerable experience in providing back up power solutions for hospital applications, whether it’s a containerised system housed outside the building or units housed in a plant room.

Healthcare sector specifiers now have “the “ideal design resource”, says paint manufacturer Johnstone’s, following the launch of its new “Paint Solutions for Healthcare” guide.