RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Fireco has launched a special Dorgard Effects range of finishes, ‘specifically designed for the more discerning architectural interiors market’. The new sleek designs come in a range of ultra-high gloss finishes, including Mahogany, Beech, Oak, and Ash, designed to blend into a fire door.

HCA’s Portland and London Bridge Hospitals in London have equipped their brand new PICU and ICU with Brandon Medical’s ‘next generation’ Atlas medical pendants. Seventeen have been installed at bedheads to maximise the number of patient services immediately accessible around the patient.

Danish electrical contractor, Lindpro, has selected The Wandsworth Group’s IPiN nurse call system for all its hard-wired nurse call installations, in a deal potentially worth up to 25 million Danish Krone (£2.5 million) annually.

Two new ranges of beam seating have been introduced by Knightsbridge Furniture, an Approved Supplier to the NHS, ‘to meet demand for stylish yet cost-effective seating in waiting rooms and reception areas’.

Aiming to improve patient privacy and dignity at Warwick Hospital, moveable partition specialist, Style, has installed acoustic, moveable glass partitions in the hospital’s A&E Observation Unit, delivering flexible space that is easy and quick for staff to organise into single sex-accommodation with some en suite facilities.

Altro describes its new Altro Aquarius as ‘an evolution in safety flooring’ that offers ‘guaranteed performance’ in wet or dry conditions for combined shoe and barefoot use – including hard-soled, rubber, and training shoes.

Pointing out that all employers must have a ‘suitable and sufficient strategy’ to provide for the safe evacuation of all staff, clients, and visitors, including those who may require assistance.

Now available in the UK, having been designed, engineered, and manufactured, in Germany for over a decade, the Anodix system is designed to combat Legionella by harnessing water’s natural properties to generate disinfection agents through ‘in-situ’ electrolysis.

Access control, hygiene, and increasing requirements for the safety of people, alongside sustainability, are key concerns for most care homes today.

Danish electrical contractor, Lindpro, has selected The Wandsworth Group’s IPiN nurse call system for all its hard wired nurse call installations, in a deal potentially worth up to 25 million Danish Krone (£2.5 million) annually.

The £2.1 million, 650 m2 Simpson Birth Centre, recently at the opened at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, was built by Premier Interlink (Waco UK) in just 28 weeks in a ‘total design and build’ contract, with the design fully DDA and HTM-compliant.

Berchtold’s new Chromophare F 300 treatment and examination light is an LED-based system which the company says addresses some of the issues with earlier LED surgical lighting by offering optimal lighting ‘almost without reflections and shadows, ideal colour reproduction of the patient's tissue, and low power consumption’.

The Centre hospitalier de Rambouillet, in France’s Parisian region, is the country’s first hospital to install antimicrobial copper touch surfaces to fight pathogens and reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections.

BOC Healthcare has launched a new range of stackable gas cylinder storage racks to improve gas cylinder management. The steel racks, with plastic moulded trays, are designed to help healthcare providers comply with the cylinder management aspects of HTM 02-01.

Trend Control Systems’ new Trend Energy Manager web-based energy management package for users of its building energy management systems (BEMS) is available via Trend’s value added reseller network, who will supply it for installation on the customer’s own server, but can also be hosted on an end-user’s behalf by the company’s Energy Support and Solutions Team.

Starkstrom has added an MRI Chamber to its portfolio, extending its expertise “beyond the confines of the critical care and operating theatre areas”.

EIZO’s new RadiForce LX600W, to be available from the first quarter of next year, is a large, 9 megapixel widescreen LCD colour monitor with an LED backlight designed for use in operating rooms used particularly for interventional radiology, cardiology, and surgery.

Crowcon’s new Gas-Pro portable gas detector is “designed with just one purpose – ensuring safety in confined spaces”.

Rockwool has launched an exterior load-bearing wall system, suitable for buildings of up to two and a half storeys, and with most types of foundation, which integrates high levels of insulation into its design “to deliver an energy-efficient solution to the Zero Carbon challenge”, while keeping wall thickness to a minimum.

Now available from the Fire Protection Association, the new “Fundamentals of Health and Safety” DVD is said to be “ideal for companies requiring a costeffective, in-house training solution, and for trainers looking to update their health and safety training aids with a single, comprehensive resource”.