RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Brandon Medical’s Optica 388 illuminated magnifier has a central magnifier surrounded by high intense lighting to maximise vision for the user.

Vernacare Technical Services is offering customers a £200 discount when they “trade in” their vintage V750 macerators for a “new generation” Vortex machine.

Schneider Electric can now offer its MITA trunking range incorporating a new antimicrobial additive, claimed to offer “99.9% success” in reducing bacterial count, including MRSA and Klebsiella pneumonia

MK Electric has revised its extensive suite of components for the healthcare sector.

Electronic Temperature Instruments’ new portable RF ThermaData wireless loggers are battery-powered devices that remotely monitor the temperature of appliances and buildings.

High performance glazing film supplier Dymond Products has introduced a film calculator service to enable accurate assessment and specification of solar control films for any project, and to provide accurate payback calculations.

Glazing specialist Fendor (HEJ – November 2010), has published a new brochure that addresses the specific glazing needs of the healthcare market and should help specifiers identify the best systems to use for particular applications.

A self-service, bedside infotainment system designed specially for use in hospitals, clinics, and care homes, has been launched by Datasound Laboratories (DSL).

Healthcare consultant MJ Medical says it has fully integrated its equipment planning services into a Building Information Modelling (BIM) “environment”.

A range of “non-touch” taps and shower controls from Sirrus by Gummers, just redeveloped and refined to incorporate a more sensitive control and compete cost-wise with infrared applications, operate by harnessing the electrical impulses naturally generated by the human body.

Danish designer and manufacturer of lifting systems Ergolet has launched an overhead lifting system that it claims will “revolutionise the way care homes and hospitals are adapted for elderly and disabled people in the UK”.

Testo has added to its range of thermal imagers the Testo 876 and Testo 882 – “third generation” units from the measurement technology specialist, which entered the thermography market in 2007.

As Government carbon targets put pressure on health managers to reduce carbon emissions, Spirax Sarco claims a steam system audit can offer “a multitude of cost- effective, energy-saving solutions – even helping NHS estates managers secure Government funding by identifying projects that will lead to measurable carbon reduction”.

Dyteqta says that, following the launch of it Dyteqta-System at 2009’s Healthcare Estates event, last October’s IHEEM annual conference and exhibition provided “an ideal opportunity for raising awareness of the role of drainage monitoring in controlling the spread of infection in healthcare facilities”, and showcasing the system’s new “user-friendly software”.

A series of 13 energy management seminars held this year UK-wide by Trend Control Systems designed to educate building owners on the role of building energy management systems (BEMS) in relation to energy management, and how such equipment can help them reduce energy use within their buildings, was attended by over 1,000 end-users.

Qube Global Software is hosting a free event designed specifically for NHS estates and facilities managers on 10 November in Central London, at which one of the company’s customers, Peter O'Neill, Estates Officier, of the Pennine Acute NHS Trust, will discuss the particular problems and issues the organisation wished to address using FM management software – with the key challenges having included the merging of the Trust with Rochdale, Bury, Oldham and North Manchester Trusts in 2002/2003, the management of 80 sites, and 1,300 helpdesk calls a week.

Kays Medical says the findings of independent laboratory tests confirm that its ResponseBeta disinfectant cleaner kills the potentially fatal NDM-1 enzyme. New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is a gene carried by bacteria that makes the strain resistant to some of the most powerful antibiotics.

A new composite cladding system said to increase thermal and acoustic performance, and to provide a more robust, durable finish than paint, is now available from Foremans Relocatable Building Systems.

Slingsby has launched a product to help reduce healthcare sector back injuries, claiming research reveals that one in four nurses are suffering from musculoskeletal injuries.

The portable SmartDose system from Diversey is now available with four high-performance TASKI building care concentrated products “to support simpler, safer, and superior, cleaning”. The “innovative pack design” incorporates a patented dual-setting dispenser that doses product accurately and consistently into spray bottles, buckets, sinks, or cleaning machines.