RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

High Wycombe-based manufacturer of wooden upholstered chairs and tables Will Beck, which supplies its products to sectors ranging from hospitals to hotels, recently celebrated 50 years of furniture manufacture.

Haigh Engineering will show its new auto-start, “hands-free” Sluicemaster Panaway pulp product/bedpan disposer, designed for easier operation by nursing staff.

Specialist in integrated solutions for those with reduced mobility Arjo will show its range of patient handling, bathing and disinfection equipment, including a bathing system designed to enhance relaxation.

Helping healthcare estates and facilities personnel better manage engineering documentation such as drawings, manuals, records and photos, is the key role of Provanum Engineering’s document management software,Trix Organizer.

A fire alarm warning system that integrates fire alarms with on-site radio networks, allowing health estates personnel to carry a single device for radio, lone working, telephone, on-site radio and messaging requirements, will be shown by first-time exhibitor Brabourne Communications (BCL).

Vanguard Healthcare will bring what it dubs “the world’s largest problem-solving toolkit” to Healthcare Estates 2009 – a 25-tonne mobile operating theatre.

Evac+Chair International has provided NHS Halton and St Helen’s Primary Care Trust (PCT) with a simple, cost-effective means of evacuating all staff and patients from its clinics and health centres in an emergency.

Airwave Healthcare offers a portfolio of arms and ceiling poles for mounting LCD TVs in various styles to complement the hospital environment.

Pall Medical provides a diverse range of filtration membranes to the healthcare market for critical contamination control. Specifically engineered for filtration of hospital water, respiration, parenteral therapy, general surgical applications and blood component therapy,

RISCO Group and Milestone Systems have announced a partnering agreement between the two companies which integrates the Milestone open platform IP video software within RISCO Group’s overall security management system.

“One of the most powerful broad spectrum disinfectants ever developed” is how CK Consumables describes Difficil-S, a new “low cost” two-part broad spectrum daily disinfectant that, “unlike standard oxidising chlorine-based products like bleach”, does not give off toxic gases, nor cause long-term corrosion to surfaces, equipment or utensils.

Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust’s investment, two years ago, in five SmartMover SM60 electric-operated tugs from MasterMover, has significantly improved the safety and welfare of hospital staff, enabling a single operative to manoeuvre up to four roll cages at a time, David Argyle, the Trust’s logistics coordinator, reports.

CIAT Ozonair’s new Coadis Medical Comfort – a compact, discreetly designed air conditioning and treatment terminal unit – is said to be the market’s first “comfort unit” specifically designed for hospital rooms.

Wolseley has been included in the new NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency framework agreement for mechanical and electrical supplies.

Kawneer says over 1,000 of its latest AA 3110 horizontal sliding windows, which maximise ventilation while minimising the risk of self-harm, have been specified by key architects serving English and Welsh health bodies.

Gradus has supplied stair edgings and barrier matting for the redevelopment of St Helens Hospital on Merseyside. The local community’s single biggest healthcare investment, the £338 million redevelopment of St Helens Hospital and Whiston Hospital is providing a wide range of services to patients.

Oxford-based Power Inspired, a new name in power protection, offers a “no-nonsense” approach to provision of competitively-priced, high quality uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) and power quality systems, providing “a straightforward, ex-stock service” for users needing power protection solutions at the low power end of the UPS market – typically 1 kVA to 10 kVA single phase and up to 100 kVA three phase.

New wireless keyboards for hospital patient entertainment and pointof- care terminals from JAOtech monitor their own disinfect status to remind when sterilisation is due.

Patient food choice at the Pilgrim Hospital, Boston in Lincolnshire has been significantly improved, and catering simplified, following the 550- bed facility’s switch from a 15-year-old plated, patient meal system to a new bulk regeneration service using equipment supplied by E & R Moffat.

Berchtold, the surgical equipment developer and manufacturer, is entering the second half of the year with a fully revamped website, offering existing and potential customers the opportunity to find out about its products and services online at www.berchtold.biz