RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

A new dedicated treatment centre at Liverpool’s Broadgreen Hospital which incorporates orthopaedic, urological, and general surgery facilities, associated wards, a day surgery unit, a cardiothoracic centre with enlarged operating department, additional catheter laboratories, a new critical care facility, an outpatient department, and wards, also incorporates a large number of ‘high specification care room’ facilities.

With new courses and learning programmes for 2016, including its imminent launch of two Foundation Degrees and a BSc (Hons) Degree, Eastwood Park says it is ‘looking forward to returning to Healthcare Estates’.

Visitors to the ARI-Armaturen UK stand will, the company says, be able to learn more about how they can improve their energy management.

The BEAMA Water Safety & Hygiene group – representing manufacturers of commercial brassware products including thermostatic mixing valves, taps, and showers, and a wide range of water valves – will be exhibiting and speaking in the Water Management Society’s Infection Control Zone.

Contour has introduced new round top panel radiators into its range of acclaimed Low Surface Temperature (LST) radiator units. This provides an ideal choice for specifiers seeking safe surface heating solutions that maximize heating efficiency.

BOC Healthcare will showcase its new Backfeed Kit, designed for supplying medical oxygen to healthcare facilities while the main pipework is being isolated.

Vanguard Healthcare, ‘a pioneer of mobile healthcare technology’, operates ‘the world’s largest fleet of mobile healthcare facilities’.

Innovator in door, wall, and anti-ligature protection for the healthcare sector, Intastop, will showcase a new vision panel said to the only one on the market offering 92% visibility, ‘as well as total blackout’.

LTE Service Centre employs a nationwide service team ‘fully qualified to meet the demands of the latest HTM/CFPP’ for porous load sterilisers, washer-disinfectors, ultrasonic irrigators/baths and endoscope storage cabinets.

The Kingsway Group is a specialist manufacturer of glazed panels, hardware, and doorsets for the mental healthcare sector.

At this year’s Healthcare Estates, Trend Control Systems invites visitors to ‘challenge their expectations’ of building energy management systems (BEMS).

‘Guaranteed, step-change reductions’ in energy consumption to large consumers, such as hospitals, universities, and retailers, are available from Cynergin, the energy service company (ESCo) says.

Now a regular exhibitor at Healthcare Estates, Polar has been further developing its range of reduced ligature windows with a new PVC-U option, the Tweed

Starkstrom, as part of the Progility Group, offers S-equiP – ‘a turnkey solution to meet infrastructure and clinical needs for critical areas in the hospital’.

DDC Dolphin say it is ‘dedicated to excellence and innovation in sluice room and dirty utility room design, equipment manufacture, installation, testing, and servicing’.

Aid Call, which claims to have ‘led the way’ in the manufacture of wireless nurse call technology for the past 35 years, offers ‘a wide range of products and bespoke solutions to meet the specific demands and requirements of the hospital environment’.

Achieving ‘good visibility’ of physical ‘assets’ across a sizeable healthcare estate can often be challenging, but is imperative to balance availability and efficiency.

As the primary means of communication between hospital staff and patients, nurse call systems are central to the functioning of all healthcare facilities.

With nurse call now part of the IP infrastructure, manufacturer, Austco, says that, ‘as the final leg’ to the hospital bedside or nursing staff, ‘future-proofed’ nurse call systems like its Tacera Pulse can be ‘the catalyst to improving patient flow’

Wandsworth Healthcare partnered with the Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust in ‘an innovative installation’ of IPiN, a fully IP nurse call system complete ‘with mobile integrations’.