RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Marshall-Tufflex says its new Odyssey Biocide cable containment system is the first three compartment PVC-U cable containment system with a fully curved profile manufactured from a material with biocidal properties.

Bostik has launched a sealant which it says independent tests show protects against infections including MRSA, E. coli and Salmonella.

Nilfisk-Advance’s new batterypowered BA 651, 751 and 851 walkbehind scrubber/dryers combine “up to 30% higher productivity with ultra-quiet operation” – with a noise level of just 58dB (A) – making them particularly suitable for daytime cleaning operations.

Welsh Slate has supplied the roofing slates for an extension to one of the world’s most famous military institutions, London’s Royal Chelsea Hospital.

A new SAS International brochure provides a comprehensive guide to specifying and installing metal ceiling solutions.

Interior surfaces specialist Altro has helped Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust achieve an eyecatching finish for its new hydrotherapy unit, Oasis, at St Ebba’s Hospital in Epsom, via its Whiterock Digiclad service.

Installing Wicanders wood-veneered cork flooring from Gradus within the entrance atrium of Brighton’s new Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital. has helped create an attractive, calm and comfortable children’s play area.

Renowned for its specialised technical training in the healthcare and commercial FM sectors, training and conference centre Eastwood Park, in Falfield, Gloucestershire, has launched a new identity.

Vernacare’s latest powerful cleaning and disinfecting wipe is said to be kind to the hands, yet eradicates the major five major pathogen groups, including Clostridium difficile, MRSA and E. Coli.

llluminex’s new Xscape emergency lighting range exploits the latest solid state light source and battery technologies.

Wellburn Care Homes, a family-run business which operates 12 care homes in Yorkshire and Northumberland accommodating around 500 residents, has selected Samuel Heath’s Perko Powermatic concealed, controlled door closer for room and access doors in its care homes.

Balfour Beatty reckons it saved between £60,000 and £80,000 when building the £6.4 million Child Development Centre in Hackney by using the Celcon Thin- Joint System from H+H UK.

BridgeHead Software says its new PACStore archiving product will “help reduce the accelerating storage hardware and management burden imposed by the long-term retention and protection of PACS medical image data”.

Streamlining the workflow and improving the availability of intravenous (IV) pumps within the hospital environment is the key goal of a radio frequency identification (RFID) pilot project being rolled out by Siemens and Airedale NHS Trust in West Yorkshire at Airedale General Hospital.

Knauf Drywall plasterboard is playing functional and decorative roles in the redevelopment of Barts and The London hospitals, currently Europe’s largest private finance initiative (PFI) in healthcare.

DDC Dolphin plans next month to launch a “two-stage, no-hand touch” combined pulp bedpan macerator and bedpan support washer-disinfector designed to help eliminate healthcareacquired infections both at initial bedpan disposal and via subsequent hand cross-contamination.

Construction and housebuilding business Galliford Try has appointed former customer director for Taylor Woodrow’s FM Division Karen Loughrey (pictured) as business development manager for Galliford Try Facilities Management.

Unotron, which reportedly invented the first washable PC computer keyboard, has launched a “super light” key technology across its latest boards.

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in Hackney, East London, has placed the UK’s first order for a new direct digital radiography system with wireless detector from Siemens, the Ysio wi-D.

Australia’s largest listed health information technology company, IBA Health Group, has announced that one of the UK’s leading independent healthcare services providers, General Healthcare Group (GHG), is to license and implement iSOFT’s patient management systems at its 47 BMI Healthcare private acute care hospitals and Netcare UK centres in a deal worth £5 million over six years.