RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Remote video surveillance has dramatically improved after-hours security at the John Telford Clinic in Ilford, Essex. After numerous incidents of vandalism, the clinic’s security was upgraded to monitored CCTV, using Secom’s Vision service. As a result, criminal activity and attacks on the building have virtually stopped.

Priorclave Ltd has produced a new brochure to give readers a quick and meaningful overview of the complete, BioCote-protected range of laboratory Priorclaves.

Lift monitoring and control specialist LiftStore has launched a new and purpose built training facility at its Flint headquarters. From this facility LiftStore can offer the industry training on its products, including the market-leading Ethos controller, as well as engineering training including schematic and terminology understanding. The EMC training provides real-world examples of good practice for trouble-free electrical installations. Training sessions are often bespoke, and are tailored to fit the client’s needs. All LiftStore training is free of charge.

ICI Paints has launched a new website, www.icipaints.co.uk, to provide an overview of the Dulux Trade, Cuprinol Trade, Glidden Trade and Polycell Trade brands and the range of services ICI Paints offers the trade market.

SWORD, the international IT products and services company, has launched a document control system aimed at significantly reducing the costly delays associated with existing systems used in complex projects by the engineering, energy, transport and other industrial sectors.

Wybone has announced a breakthrough in the design of its sackholders. Using technological advances from the USA, Wybone claims that its sackholders are “now even more ideally suited for areas where cleanliness is crucial”.

Cropico has developed a new test instrument compliant with new medical electrical installation requirements designed to ensure the safe condition of patient treatment suites and medical diagnostic rooms.

40SEVEN, the underground utility surveyor, has been working with consultants and contractors delivering project critical information for a number of hospital Trusts in the UK, in support of their PFI, PPP and P21 schemes.

Bosch Security Systems has expanded its DECT6000 messaging and telephony system with the new DECT6000 IP that combines all the advantages of IP functionality with secure messaging, high sound quality and proven DECT technology.

The introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire) Order (FSO) is claimed to be the most significant change to fire safety in the past 30 years. The new FSO covers all public buildings as well as the common areas of multiple occupancy housing.

The delivery of sterile service facilities, both within and outside hospitals, is a major growth area within the NHS with new amenities and upgrades being driven largely by the Government’s decontamination programme.

Xograph Healthcare has launched a “breathe easy” rental programme for its innovative range of air purification systems. The initiative is in response to calls for flexible finance and rental periods in the healthcare industry.

At the start of this year the number of individuals registered by ECUK as Chartered Engineers (CEng) had grown to 188,701, their ranks boosted by an influx of 5,563 new registrants in 2006.

Following recent news reports that the NHS is likely to miss its MRSA and Clostridium difficile reduction targets, UV disinfection specialist Hanovia has introduced a new range of portable air purifiers.

Kent and Medway Health Informatics Service (KMHIS) has purchased a Touchpaper Connector for Health software package. The new informatics solution will deliver faster and more cost-effective IT support to more than 300 locations and 30,000 staff through Touchpaper’s new service desk integration (SDI) solution.

Eire-based Medray Imaging Systems is now responsible for representing Grahame Gardner’s range of healthcare uniforms across Southern Ireland. The company has appointed Susan Scully to head up the new Medray Uniforms Division.

Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon claims to be the first off-site construction company to introduce environmental assessment software for all its new buildings. The new tool will allow Yorkon to produce the most sustainable solution for each modular building project, using efficient and comprehensive building simulation analysis.

In a survey last year carried out by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) a quarter of the 2,800 nurses surveyed said they had been physically assaulted, with 80% of A&E nurses reporting that they had been assaulted in the past year. The Department of Health confirmed there has been a 15-fold increase in prosecutions for attacks on NHS staff.

Glasdon Manufacturing has extended its Recycled Seating range with the launch of the new Phoenix Jubilee.

Stefan Dräger, chairman of the executive board of Drägerwerk Aktiengesellschaft in Germany, is to provisionally take over as chairman of the executive board of subgroup Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG.