RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Dräger has supported the design of workplaces in acute medical care settings for over 50 years, and ‘knows the challenges’ its customers face.

Maquet Hospital Solutions, a solutions provider at over 5,000 locations worldwide, says it offers ‘outstanding concepts for operating theatres, hybrid operating theatres, catheter laboratories, and intensive care units’.

Whitecroft Lighting says it has been pioneering low energy lighting solutions in the healthcare sector for over 20 years, and is ‘proud to be associated with some of the most prestigious healthcare developments in recent years’.

Water and water treatment specialist, SMS Environmental, originally formed in the summer of 2001 by a group of process scientists and engineers, says it ‘knows its water’, and ‘what should, and what shouldn’t be, in it’.

The latest bedside and in-room patient entertainment ‘for today’s connected hospitals’ will be shown by Airwave Healthcare.

The Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at the University of Stirling says it has worked with individuals and organisations ‘to improve the design of care environments to make communities dementia-friendly; to influence policy, and to improve services for people with dementia’, for over 25 years.

Delayed action float valve manufacturer, Keraflo, says its products provide ‘accurate, environmentally efficient, water storage and tank control, helping to support best practice and water compliance’.

‘An exciting collection of ground-breaking display products is helping improve the lives of dementia patients in hospitals across the country’ – says Bradford-based New Vision Signs & Graphics, designer and installer of ‘innovative displays which help trigger memories for elderly patients, and improve the hospital environment’.

ENER-G will demonstrate its new range of combined heat and power (CHP) solutions, ‘especially adapted for the NHS’.

An extensive range of ‘standard’ and bespoke anti-ligature products ‘for environments where people may be at risk to themselves or others’, including door and window furniture, lighting, plumbing, washroom products, ventilation grilles, security screws and fixings, and dispensers, is offered by the Anti-Ligature Shop.

Planetsaver offers LED flat panels, retrofit lamps, and luminaries, fitted with Planetsaver ‘Dims to Low’ technology, which it says can help user organisations ensure that previously dark areas can remain lit even when people are not using them, ‘while reducing energy costs by up to 90 per cent’.

Horne Engineering is warning healthcare estates engineers in the process of removing the outlet fitting (often called a straightener) of their clinical taps in a bid to reduce Pseudomonad contamination risk that ‘this will actually exacerbate the issue of retrograde contamination, while also introducing other problems’.

According to flooring specialist, Tarkett, ‘while flooring represents a relatively small part of the overall weight of materials required for a building, being in permanent contact means it has a major functional and sensorial role’.

A patented British technology that combines destruction of organic, solid wastes at source, with clean generation of hot water, will be launched by QCR.

‘Protection is at the heart’ of Reliance’s range for the healthcare bathroom, the specialist in temperature and flow control explains. Reliance offers TMV3-approved thermostatic technology ‘for peace of mind in hospital and care home sanitary water systems’.

Vistamatic, which says it offers ‘the leading brand of glazed privacy vision panels’, can design and supply ‘for all levels of healthcare environments – from maternity areas to challenging high-secure mental health environments’.

Starkstrom, ‘a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of cutting edge equipment for medical facilities for over 40 years’, said: “Whether you need a single product, or a complete range of equipment with seamless communication between all components, S-equiP, our fully integrated solutions range, has the answer.

Established in July 2011, The Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF), together with strategic partners from the Department of Health, NHS Scotland, and NHS SBS, was set up to assist NHS Trusts to deliver CHP-type projects, together with wider estate energy efficiencies and renewable measures.

First-time attendee, Turner Engine Powered Services (Turner EPS), official UK distributor for Capstone, will exhibit a Capstone C30 (30 kWe) microturbine on its stand.

UK-headquartered Metrasens says its latest advance in MRI safety – ‘the world’s first ferromagnetic detection systems’ (FMDs) – ‘effectively combine maximum MRI safety with optimal workflow efficiency’.