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”.
The company’s “Bio-Trunking Solutions” are said to “pack an impressive punch”, being “99.9% effective” against MRSA, Klebsiella Pneumonia, E-Coli, and Salmonella, and “a host of other hospital bacteria” that can prove fatal, particularly to elderly patients, and those with weakened immune systems.
The technology’s success lies in the silver ion technology integrated into the cable management system during manufacture. The active antimicrobial agent is mixed throughout the PVC-U before the trunking profile is extruded, giving an even, thorough distribution of the agent throughout the product. Because the antimicrobial is integral to the PVC-U, it will not rub off. The system continues to work if the trunking is scratched or knocked, delivering “24-hour protection” for the lifetime of the cable management installation.
The University Hospital of North Tees, in Stockton opted for Marshall-Tufflex’s anti-microbial, fully curved trunking system for an electrical upgrade to a stroke ward to help prevent the spread of infection. In selecting Odyssey Bio, Richard Speight, estates engineer for the University Hospital of North Tees, was particularly attracted to the “unique curvature” of the CAT 6-compliant, anti-microbial containment system, which repels dust and dirt, and aids cleaning regimes.
“Flat surfaces gather dust, and dust gathers bugs,” said Richard Speight, who considered the work to install power sockets to each bed in the high-risk environment a timely opportunity to fit the Odyssey Bio cable containment system. “The curving profile was a big bonus,” he added.
The University Hospital of North Tees is part of the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, which provides healthcare to around 400,000 people.
Odyssey Bio was installed in the hospital’s ward 40, a 20-bed ward, by DH Potters (Electrical). The system was supplied by Edmundson Electrical of Stockton.
Marshall-Tufflex’s Odyssey Bio is tested to quantitative standard ISO 22196:2007, which shows the survival rate of tested bacteria to be less than 0.1%. It will therefore help to counteract harmful bugs, such as MRSA, Klebsiella Pneumonia, E-coli and Salmonella, and help to avoid cross-contamination in medical and other high risk applications when combined with stringent hygiene routines.
Also registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and compliant with the European Biocidal Products Directive (BPD), Odyssey Bio is one of a comprehensive range of “solution-driven products” from cable management specialist Marshall-Tufflex.
