Dyteqta says that, following the launch of it Dyteqta-System at 2009’s Healthcare Estates event, last October’s IHEEM annual conference and exhibition provided “an ideal opportunity for raising awareness of the role of drainage monitoring in controlling the spread of infection in healthcare facilities”, and showcasing the system’s new “user-friendly software”.
The Dyteqta-System has also made its television debut on “NHS Online TV”, reportedly the only digital television service dedicated to specialist healthcare programmes. It was featured within the documentary “Tackling MRSA and other hospital-related infections” broadcast in October 2010, which was aimed at NHS employees and healthcare professionals worldwide.
Utilising sonar technology, Dyteqta-System is, as the company puts it, “a preventative monitoring system designed to ensure that there is an adequate seal / barrier between the population of a building and the virus / pathogen-laden contents of the drainage and sewer system”. A complete re-design of the system software is currently underway as part of a continuous development programme to further improve accuracy and ease-of-use. In addition to reporting anomalies via email or an existing building management system, the Dyteqta-System can now alert facilities managers by SMS text message should a fault be found.
Charles Hartley, Dyteqta product manager, says: “Although most people are aware that public buildings must satisfy rigorous safety standards, the majority of checks undertaken on a regular basis relate to building services such as electrical equipment, fire alarms, air conditioning, and lighting, to name but a few. However, there is one integral system often forgotten and which interconnects an entire building – the drainage system. In a hospital, for example, this links every area, from general medical and isolation wards to operating theatres, mortuaries and public waiting spaces.”
“The extensive pipe network is sealed from building occupants, in the main, by a small volume of water in a water trap seal or U-bend. If these seals are lost, harmful pathogens, including hospital ‘superbugs’ such as C. difficile and MRSA, may pass into the occupied space and spread infection. Dyteqta-System monitors the state of the seal between the building drainage and sewer system and the healthcare building population, and thus prevents cross-contamination from one part of the building to another.”
Summing up, he adds: “Years of research by academics at Heriot-Watt University have culminated in the Dyteqta-System, a unique product that monitors a building’s drainage network to identify any defective water trap seals for timely maintenance. This innovative system, and our expert team, are ready and able to help healthcare managers take a proactive approach to reducing the risk of cross-contamination with an affordable, non-disruptive solution that is easy to install in new or existing facilities.”
For more information visit www.dyteqta.com, email: info@dyteqta.com, or telephone: 0845 604 49 53.
