RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Plumb Center has published a number of new trade guides. Available to pick up in branch or order online, the Spring Trade Price Guide provides the latest product information, and highlights any key schemes or programmes installers should be aware of.

Architectural aluminium glazing specialist, Technal, has launched a new website for architects and specifiers.

A pillowcase invented by an Essex physiologist should, it is hoped, help to reduce infection risk, increase patient comfort, and cut costs.

Medical technology manufacturer Berchtold has published a comprehensive catalogue, available online, or in print, detailing versatile storage accessories for its OPERON series OR operating table models D 760, D 820, and D 850.

A training academy for civil enforcement teams has been set up by Imperial Civil Enforcement Solutions (ICES).

ETI’s Alert Thermapen features all the benefits of the Thermapen thermometer, while also indicating when a critical temperature is reached; the digital display flashes “COLD” between 0°C and 5°C, “HOT” at 75°C or above, or “ICE” at –18°C or below.

New from UK treatment couch and chair specialist, Plinth 2000, is the Affinity aluminium portable treatment table.

Anglia Crown, Bakkavör’s hospital meals division, has unveiled a new “seasonally adjusted” “Crown Dining” à-la-carte meal range offering an extensive menu choice of chilled and frozen products, including multi-portion entrées, vegetables, potatoes, and puddings.

Guides to ceiling and wall systems “for the particularly demanding environments of healthcare buildings” have been launched in three formats by Armstrong Ceilings.

A new range of energy-efficient, ultra high contrast LED monitors, designed for demanding CCTV applications, and said to provide higher picture quality and enhanced specifications while delivering a 40% reduction in lifetime ownership costs, has been launched by Vigilant Vision.

Now available from UK distributor of Wetrok healthcare cleaning products, Jigsaw, is a plant oil-based cleaning liquid said not only to be “healthy for the skin”, but also “highly effective in all cleaning situations across floors and other surfaces”.

A quick-to-install, compact device that provides an isolated electrical supply without the need for a centrally controlled IPS system, and reportedly offers cost savings of approximately 75% compared with existing, bulkier units, is now available from Starkstrom.

Qube Global Software showcased its “Planet” facilities management software, which it says has been implemented in over 300 organisations across industry, commerce, the NHS, and the public sector, at the annual HefmA Conference.

Static Systems says the “hot topic of conversation” at HefmA was its Fusion-IP nurse call system, which enjoyed a successful launch at Arab Health earlier this year.

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of nurse call systems, the Wandsworth Group, has been at the forefront of healthcare communications technology for over 50 years.

Experts in single use pulp bedpan disposal, Haigh, demonstrated the SOLO and award-winning Panaway models from its Sluicemaster range at the recent Hefma show in Torquay.

Already providing energy services to 85 UK hospitals, Dalkia claims to be the market leader for energy efficiency projects that provide savings on operational costs and reductions in CO2.

With the current financial challenges facing the NHS, supplier of wireless nurse call and warden systems, Aid Call, says 'there has never been a greater need to offer simpler, more cost-effective, and more innovative solutions to ensure the maximum potential is squeezed out of every penny', and to focus on delivering 'better value-for-money'.

BeaconMedaes and Addmaster have combined their expertise to launch 'the next generation' Gem 10 medical gas terminal unit, said to be the UK’s first medical gas terminal unit to offer inherent antimicrobial protection as standard.

Clivet has developed a high efficiency packaged unit, the Zephir2, which provides filtered fresh air while simultaneously extracting energy from the exhaust air. The system ensures that full air renewal and purification are achieved at maximum efficiency.