RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Quick, accurate assessment of ambient airborne levels of fibrous hazards, in particular asbestos and other man-made mineral fibres, during strip-out and refurbishment of buildings, is now possible with the Harley Scientific Fibrecheck from electronic asbestos counter manufacturer, SMH Products.

Diversey’s new TASKI swingo 4000 scrubber drier is a high performance battery powered ride-on floor care machine designed for cleaning large areas quickly and efficiently. “Ideal for round-the-clock cleaning”, it is the largest TASKI by Diversey scrubber drier. “

Specialist in medical lighting, Brandon Medical, infection prevention product manufacturer, Vernacare, and auctioneer, Hilditch, were among healthcare sector companies to recently be recognised with 2011 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.

Facilities managers keen to know instantly which equipment in their hospital has developed a fault now have a potential solution with Starkstrom’s new REMOS REmote MOnitoring System, which links equipment via one analogue phone line site, and notifies designated staff members of problems such as blown lamps, low batteries in fire alarms, malfunctioning UPS equipment, and dirty HEPA filters in ultraclean canopies etc.

An upgraded version of its fully sealed Wyki battery-powered wireless keyboard, designed for use with its hospital “smart terminals” for patient bedside applications, with a larger mouse pad, a numeric keypad, an improved tactile feel, and a longer wireless range, has been introduced by JAOtech.

The Wandsworth Group has appointed Gary Stevens as its new managing director.

Marshall-Tufflex Energy Management’s new “industry-first” Buyers’ Guide to Voltage Optimisation is “an unbiased reference point aimed at anyone considering investing in voltage optimisation, to equip specifiers and end users with information, questions, and prompts, to ensure they make the right decisions during the specification process”.

Now available in the UK in “easy-todispense” tubes from distributor RPG Europe in Hythe, Kent, the “Green Glue” noiseproofing system, manufactured by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, is a viscoelastic product said to “significantly dampen noise transmission” by converting sound vibration into small amounts of heat.

Environmental Water Systems (UK), which joined the Amplio Filtration Group last September, has launched a new website offering “the most up-to-date information on water purification”, at: www.ews-amplio.com.

The Fire Protection Association’s latest training information pack (or TIP) offers “a ready-made package” for providing fire safety training to all healthcare staff.

A new detachable smoke detector for use within secure hospitals and psychiatric units has been launched by Static Systems Group (SSG).

Bytec Medical has launched “the next generation” of its easy-clean, wireless, USB keyboard designed for improved infection control and functionality for hospital/medical environments.

GEZE UK has launched a “highly versatile” electromechanical swing door drive for internal doors. Said to be ideal for sheltered hospitals, residential, and care homes, the ECturn provides a “quiet, simple accessibility solution”.

Healthcare display technology specialist, Jayex, describes its new “Enlighten Professional” system as “the first complete patient journey management system specifically designed for individual and shared health centres, polyclinics, and hospital outpatients’ departments”.

The team from Howorth Air Technology has been stacking up the Airmiles this year, having already attended several major pharmaceutical and healthcare exhibitions around the world.

HI-MACS and LCCA, the latter a fabricator specialised in healthcare interiors and a strategic partner of HI-MACS in France, exhibited “groundbreaking” healthcare furniture with impressive aesthetics made of HI-MACS’ Solid Surface material at the recent 23rd Hopital Expo trade fair for healthcare technologies and services in Paris.

An ongoing upgrading of clinical handwashing facilities at its hospitals by NHS Lanarkshire is seeing the Scottish Health Board replace, in many cases, ageing basins and taps subject to Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) criticism with standardised modules comprising a clinical basin, Horne Engineering’s Optitherm thermostatic tap, and soap and towel dispensers, all mounted on a single integrated panel structure.

Digital signage specialist Messagemaker has launched a new series of vehicle-activated low-energy LED signs for local and highway use.

With a regulated flow rate of 3 litres/min, Douglas Delabie’s new Temposoft 2 “easy-to-operate”, soft touch timed flow push basin taps and mixers can reportedly achieve water savings of approximately 84 per cent compared with a traditional basin tap.

Uponor has unveiled a new professional plumbing fitting system. The RTM, or Ring Tension Memory system, eliminates the need for tools to make quick, safe, professional joints.