‘State-of-the-art’ lighting and electrical protection systems supplied and commissioned by Bender UK are enhancing a new £300,000 ultra cleanair theatre for orthopaedic implant surgery at Furness General Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness.
An established single source supplier of OR equipment, Bender UK installed its isolated power supplies, to give advance warning of equipment earth faults; uninterruptable power supplies; a theatre control panel to manage and control the theatre environment, and Steris’s ‘energy-efficient’ XLED operating lamps, for which it is sole UK distributor. Bender says the XLED’s ‘innovative LED design’ offers ‘the ideal intensity and quantity of light for each application’, including endoscopic procedures, delivering lighting power up to 160,000 Lux. Each 20 LED spot array is configured to optimise the light, and eliminate shadows. The theatre also features a laminar air flow system from MAT. Steve Helling, project manager, Bender UK, explained: “The new equipment in the refurbished theatre 5 brings the facility up to a world-class standard, both in terms of lighting, and the electrical infrastructure that supports and protects the theatre equipment.”
