RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Specialist in managerial and executive recruitment, Finegreen Associates, says the estates and facilities sector was one of the first specialisms for the firm on its 2005 launch.

Airwave Healthcare will launch the latest in Philips White Healthcare televisions. Available in 22 and 26 in sizes, these sets reportedly ‘bring the best in patient viewing experience in a thin, energy-efficient LED TV’, offering ‘brilliant LED images with incredible contrast’.

BOC stresses to healthcare estates and facilities managers at hospitals with a medical gas pipeline system (MGPS) that they will need an Authorising Engineer service to meet HTM 01-02 standards – which stipulate a continuous cycle of assessment, audit, training, and review.

Asckey Data Services says its fmfirst, single source NHS site management tool offers ‘innovative computeraided facilities management (CAFM) software’, with functionality developed from the active input of NHS facilities managers.

Vanguard Healthcare – which claims to be the world’s leading supplier of selfstyled ‘pop-up hospitals’ – will showcase its interim clinical solutions.

Specialist in such technology, Aid Call, says wireless nurse call systems ‘provide all the functionality and reliability of a hard-wired system, but with greater flexibility, more powerful features, and greater functionality’.

ISS Facility Services says that, while traditionally, services such as catering and cleaning have been ‘the mainstay of contracted out NHS business’, there are many other services where private sector providers have been able to assist.

On Stand 63 delegates will be able to view examples of Topscan’s AutoCAD, surveying, data collection, compliance, and document digitising services, supplied to estates and facilities departments throughout the UK.

With hospital parking a complex, and sometimes contentious, issue, ParkingEye says it is ‘committed to providing the best possible, and most efficient, solution to enhance the patient/visitor experience’.

Visitors to the HefmA 2013 event will be able to meet head office personnel from the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM), on a dedicated IHEEM stand.

Static Systems Group will ‘showcase the flexibility’ of its Fusion-IP healthcare communication system and Modus headwall solutions.

Manufacturer and supplier of medical gas equipment, MEC Medical, has introduced a new refurbishment service for hoses and connectors.

Wandsworth Group demonstrated the latest developments to its Ethernet-based IPiN nurse call system at this year's Hefma annual event.

BeaconMedaes has developed a new Emergency Reserve Manifold (ERM) incorporating the primary manifold header, which it claims ‘has the highest specification on the market’.

Trend Controls, the international building energy management system (BEMS) manufacturer and supplier, has unveiled a new version of its energy management software – Trend Energy Manager v2.0, which it says ‘delivers numerous enhanced features that will enable building owners and managers to investigate how they are using energy, and devise strategies to reduce carbon emissions and save money’.

As fire detection specialist, Hochiki points out, ‘hospitals and other healthcare estates are constantly evolving environments that must be flexible enough to accommodate new layouts and changes of use, as and when required’.

Vistamatic, a specialist glazed secure vision panel manufacturer, says one of its biggest challenges in the past decade has been the speed and degree with which the ‘landscape’ and environment for caring for mentally unwell patients have evolved.

Symphony, a ‘3-in-1’ self-closing door system developed by Safehinge in conjunction with two other door industry specialists for the mental health sector, is said to address ‘every key challenge’, with an anti-ligature and anti-barricade design, full fire safety, and resistance to healthcare-associated infection.

Wandsworth Group will demonstrate how its IPiN Ethernet-based nurse call system can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of a mental health environment, with a live demonstration unit for both the core IPiN system, and the IPiN staff safety and patient tracking ‘app’ for Android phones.

Specialist furniture designed for use in ‘demanding’ environments will be being shown by Knightsbridge Furniture. The Knightsbridge Challenging Behaviour Furniture Collection comprises a portfolio of seating, tables, and cabinet units ‘designed to be safe, robust, and yet still stylish’.