RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

The recently opened Oxford Clinic for Specialist Surgery has selected the new P785 tunic from Grahame Gardner for its nursing staff.

Static Systems has started work on its first PFI contract to incorporate MODUS bedhead services trunking with newly designed integrated lighting. Along with the company’s Codemlon nurse call system, the equipment will be installed at the Freeman Hospital and Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) has appointed Fireco as its Fire Safety Consultant.

Leading medical fabrics manufacturer DuPont has produced a new brochure entitled ‘EN13795 – Understanding the Standard’.

Elliott Group, the UK’s largest supplier of portable buildings, has announced its merger with Wraith Accommodation.

Former IHEEM Council member and director of controls-assurance.co.uk Alan Hambidge has launched a new company, Empathy Environmental Consultants.

New test technology incorporated in Rigel Medical’s 288 electromedical safety analyser maximises versatility and portability considerations for EBME personnel involved in medical equipment safety testing, the manufacturer claims.

Flooring manufacturer Flowcrete has introduced a new brochure to illustrate the unique qualities of its ultra fast-track Flowfast floor for the health care sector.

Claimed by organisers to be the UK’s only workwear exhibition, The Workwear and Corporate Clothes Show is being launched in April 2008 by Ocean Events.

Yorkshire-based healthcare products manufacturer James Spencer & Co has designed a new bedside chair that it claims could help save purchasers cash in the long run.

New from Multitone Electronics is the EkoTek personal security system. The wireless device uses the latest available technology to improve emergency response through the accurate location of alarm signals. Multitone says that the new system offers cost savings of up to 40% compared to traditional wired systems.

Independent specialist ductwork cleaner Ductbusters has upgraded its entire fleet of vans.

UK-based SAS International has added new models to its range of acoustic lighting rafts. The new SAS System 600 items are suspended directly from an open soffit or within coffers, providing a pre-fabricated lighting and acoustic solution for environments including those of hospitals. Manufactured from metal, System 600’s durable finish provides a cost-effective solution while reducing whole life costs.

Frontier Pitts’ has crash tested its new Terra Road Closer, which successfully stopped 7,500 kg travelling at 80 km/hour.

Aruba Networks has announced several initiatives, partnerships and new capabilities of the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture designed to enable the secure implementation of multiple healthcare applications on a single wireless network.

Johnstone’s Paints, based in West Yorkshire, has developed a coating which has been proven to significantly inhibit the growth of MRSA as well as E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other harmful bacteria.

The health sector proved to be one of the most successful markets in 2006 for Dunphy, the industrial combustion equipment and digital burner control systems manufacturer, as the company recorded an average of one major new NHS Trust digital burner contract per month.

Now in its third generation the “mini vault safe” from Securikey has been updated and expanded to include nine new models – there were formerly three.

Evac+Chair International has increased the angle of descent capability of its Evac+Chair emergency evacuation chair by 2° so that it now has an operating angle of 40°.

At the recent 2007 Arab Health in Dubai, Dräger Medical introduced its Stella OR light with the integrated camera.