RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

After successfully launching its wall-hung pan for commercial washrooms at the international exhibition, ISH, in Frankfurt earlier this year, Wallgate has further developed it for use within mental healthcare – by offering it complete with a bonded anti-ligature seat, to be launched at Healthcare Estates 2013.

‘Tailored facilities solutions to create healthier environments that deliver staff and patient expectations, and enhance the experience for all who attend your location’, are promised by Elite Cleaning and Environmental Services, which provides daily and industrial cleaning and additional facility services, specialising in healthcare.

Bender UK, the specialist provider of IPS components, theatre control panels, UPS systems, and Steris surgical products, will showcase its capabilities ‘as a turnkey provider of innovative solutions for safe handling of electrical power and advanced provision of critical care products’, spotlighting its ‘unique’ ATICs automatic changeover device.

Mailbox, Stamford Products’ Healthcare Division, will profile new products and services which integrate with its established Medstor range of healthcare modular storage systems. The company says its ‘efficient and effective’ HTM71 and 63 storage systems ‘vastly improve the control and location of medical stock’.

P4 (FASTEL), which manufactures selftesting emergency lighting systems and exit signage, says: “We are proud to be involved with the healthcare sector.

Pall Corporation’s QPoint tap water filter assembly, the latest addition to the company’s range of advanced point-of-use filters for protection against waterborne pathogens, offers ‘enhanced features, and improved performance’, and a longer capsule life – of up to two months.

The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) is the UK’s largest specialist professional engineering Institute for the healthcare estates sector.

Supporting ‘both strategic and operational energy management requirements’, Low Carbon Europe says it has become the ‘preferred supplier’ in helping organisations ‘reduce their carbon footprint, use less energy, and spend less money’.

Exhibiting at Healthcare Estates once again, Kemper UK & Ireland says it will present ‘many new innovative technologies to help prevent the growth of Legionella and other waterborne pathogens within potable hot and cold water services’, among them being a new system, HyTwin.

British Gas, which works closely with healthcare organisations ‘to deliver significant guaranteed energy and carbon savings via optimisation and upgrading of an estate’s energy-related assets’, says it can offer ‘solutions that deliver end-toend, self-funding projects’ using a comprehensive range of innovative energy and carbon reduction measures.

Eastwood Park Training is returning to Healthcare Estates ‘to make several significant announcements’, while CEO, John Thatcher, will address ‘Succession planning and workforce development in healthcare engineering and estate management’ on the conference’s first day.

Reducing energy from lighting; cutting CO2 emissions, and ‘making the right decisions when upgrading to LEDs’, will be the key messages from lighting manufacturer, Tamlite.

Visitors to Trend’s stand will discover how ‘up to 84 per cent’ of their healthcare estate’s energy consumption could be controlled using a building energy management system.

A radiant heating system that replaces radiators and skirting trim ‘in one convenient package’, developed in conjunction with the NHS, will be shown by DiscreteHeat.

TEAL Patents is working ‘in partnership’ with healthcare estates managers ‘to deliver tangible hand hygiene solutions for a variety of problems’.

Two new Taurus Max healthcare windows – a Horizontal Slider, and an Automated Opening Window – designed specifically for mental healthcare applications, will be shown by ATB Secure.

The Wandsworth Group will showcase its complete range of IPiN IP-based nurse call systems.

Cistermiser once again demonstrated its wide range of washroom control solutions, including water-saving systems featuring the latest infrared control technology.

With the UK healthcare sector currently spending over £400 million annually on energy, and electricity already accounting for up to 50% of the cost as the demand for specialist medical equipment grows, ICS Cool Energy says using free cooling technology can bring considerable energy savings.

Trend Control Systems says that, for many healthcare estates managers, the most effective way to control their energy use could be ‘right under their noses – using building energy management systems (BEMS)’.