RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has procured Ingenica Solutions' 360 IM technology ‘for a 360-degree view of costs to track and trace stock, and to improve visibility and control across the supply chain’.

The Goupil G6, a ‘100% electrical utility vehicle’, is now available in the UK from Bradshaw Electric Vehicles.

Schneider Electric, has launched EcoStruxure Building Graph, a new building operating system and linked data platform which it says will provide ‘the digital twin of buildings for seamless access to building systems’ data and control’.

As the design of healthcare facilities continues to move towards more ‘human-centred’ designs to support the health, well-being, and comfort of end-users, Forbo Flooring Systems has refreshed its ‘CO2 neutral’ Marmoleum linear collection.

Dräger says it new ceiling supply units, Ambia and Ponta, available in a variety of colours, and featuring ‘user-friendly ergonomics’, are designed to make workflows in the operating theatre, neonatology, or intensive care unit more efficient.

C-TEC has released an updated version of its NC951 accessible toilet alarm kit.

Fitting a new life safety system to any public space can be complex, but when undertaking this task in a hospital, during a pandemic, the complexity increases tenfold.

Two solutions for decontaminating single-use and reusable personal protective equipment (PPE) used by healthcare staff during the COVID-19 pandemic have been shortlisted for the National Technology Awards.

Forbo Flooring Systems’ innovative Modul’up range is ‘the perfect solution’ if you’re looking to replace floorcoverings quickly and with minimal disruption, the company says.

Global Healthcare Exchange's new GHX Procure platform is a cloud-based requisition / inventory management system which gives healthcare organisations real-time visibility of inventory, and allows automated purchasing of supplies and medical devices.

CARE, a new solution that the UK parking solutions firm says will enable healthcare facilities to manage their own parking system simply and effectively, and support a better patient, visitor, and staff experience, has been unveiled by APT Skidata.

Coltraco Ultrasonics says it developed its Portascanner COVID-19 hand-held device as a means of non-invasive monitoring for air leaks within clinical spaces, and especially ICUs, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic last Summer.

In what it dubs its ‘latest step to help specifiers and contractors mitigate fire risk in the fifth façade’, Rockwool has launched HARDROCK UB34, a non-combustible insulation solution specially designed for parapet walls and upstands on flat roofs.

Challis MS says it has designed the Challis Ag+ Sentinel Valve due to ‘a general acceptance’ that most Pseudomonas flare-ups involving taps 'are a direct result of back contamination of the open tap spout by contaminated aerated water droplets'.

A new, ‘improved’ Q-Flow surgical light – available in the UK from Bender UK – has been revealed by Merivaara of Finland.

Medical Air Technology (MAT) has designed a scheme for the major refurbishment of an existing laboratory at University Hospital Crosshouse – a large district general hospital near Kilmarnock in south-west Scotland.

Bender has launched a new, ‘premium’ PACS Console for use in operating theatres and critical care areas, which it says ‘employs proven display technology to deliver superior quality images to clinicians viewing scans, images, and hospital records’.

Apollo Fire Detectors, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of fire detection and alarm devices, has launched its range of flush mounted, EN54-7 approved fire detectors to the international market.

Marshall-Tufflex’s PowerPoles and Odyssey Bio trunking have been used in the fitting out of the COVID-19 Lighthouse Laboratory in Plymouth, which, when fully operational, will have the capacity to process up to 40,000 COVID-19 tests per day.

Metalline claims to be the first the first UK cladding manufacturer to ‘uniquely offer’ both non-combustible aluminium rainscreen and non-combustible aluminium insulated Spandrel panels, all fully tested and certified to Class A1 rating.