RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Wi-Fi-based real-time locating system (RTLS) supplier to the healthcare sector Airetrak has enhanced its ResourceView information solution with new Wi-Fi temperature monitoring functionality.

A new core formulation from Knauf Drywall is claimed to make a specialist plasterboard “a real alternative” to lead-based radiation shielding for X-ray facilities.

Contour Showers has undertaken “major investment in new production processes” to develop its “eco-friendly” Eco-dec recyclable wet floor formers – claimed to have a carbon footprint “70% lower than any similar plastic product on the market”.

A door designed to help fight infection spread, one of the features of which is a patented track system which, in combination with the door’s own weight and a continuous neoprene gasket, “creates a perfect seal against the door frame”, has been launched by Dortek.

The Saracen Waterless Urinal System, distributed exclusively by Plumb Center, is said to cut operational costs, save energy, reduce waste, and “improve the user’s washroom experience”.

NHS Trusts should find it easier to fight infections with the NHS Supply Chain’s offer of free, battery-operated, SaniPost hand sanitiser stations to hospitals across England and Wales.

A new “seven-day-a-week” Milton Keynes medical facility is the latest GP-led health centre to use the Terrapin Unitrex “flat pack” building system.

Four theatres, two new and two refurbished, at London’s famous Royal Marsden Hospital, have been equipped with over 40 medical storage trolleys, including a number of bespoke designs, from wire, aluminium, stainless steel, and chrome shelving supplier Bedford Shelving Director Mark Walsh said:

PegaSys, the latest in wireless intelligent access control from Ingersoll Rand, provides “an instant, economical way to upgrade traditional mechanical doors to a fully electronically-controlled access system”.

A range of “ion generators” which developer Sharp Electronics says use technology proven to be “99% effective” in preventing the infectivity of airborne forms of the seasonal H1N1 influenza and H5N1 avian influenza viruses was launched in the UK last month.

A range of aluminium/timber windows, doors, and framing, designed for longevity, that combines sustainably grown FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) or PEFC (Pan European Forest Certification) timbers with “100% recyclable aluminium” has been launched by The Parkside Group.

A system of “outdated” security cameras at Manchester’s Christie Hospital, one of the UK’s leading cancer centres, has been replaced with a purpose-designed system supplied by Schneider Electric With many staff working shifts, 24/7 operation, and a constant patient/visitor flow, maintaining security was proving a challenge for existing camera system.

A C-TEC Quantec addressable call system has been installed at the new £10 m Todmorden Health Centre in Yorkshire.

Mood lighting” designed by a UK company has been installed in a new hi-tech scanner room at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham to create a relaxing atmosphere for patients.

The “Programma Cap” bathroom fitting range launched by Häfele UK is said to allow designers to create bathrooms “for everyone in society”, with a range that includes grab rails and shower seats that disappear from view when not required by the user.

A team from duct cleaning specialist Ductbusters has worked out-of-hours and at weekends for a two-week period to clean and sterilise the ductwork feeding five of the operating theatres at Stockport’s Stepping Hill Hospital.

Uninterruptible Power Supplies has announced the arrival of the PowerWAVE 8000DPA – the latest addition to the company’s “highly acclaimed” threephase rack-format modular UPS (uninterruptible power supply) range.

Tour & Andersson, the hydronic balancing solution specialist, has appointed Sergio Pontone as key accounts manager for London and the south-east of England.

Buoyed by the excellent reception among UK hospitals to its TruLight LED surgical light, launched last year, Trumpf Medical Systems has incorporated enhancements to the ultra-slim, lightweight product.

A wall cladding product said to be the world’s first PVC wall cladding system containing BioCote silver ion antimicrobial technology is now available for healthcare use.