RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Exhibiting on stand M38 alongside Dyson, PHS Waterlogic, and Advanced Hygienic Contracting, BioCote offers equipment, instruments and furniture featuring built-in antimicrobial protection.

Information and advice on in-depth energy audits, and on its “four steps to energy efficiency” programme – “measure”, “fix the basics”, “automate”, and “monitor and improve”, will be provided by Schneider Electric.

Making its debut at the event at this year’s show, UK and international healthcare and equipment consultant MJ Medical says its team can offer “invaluable insight into the impact of modern technological advances in clinical facilities and medical equipment”.

Marlux Medical claims to have been the company that introduced the UK’s first disposable privacy curtains.

The Endotherm self-contained, hot sanitisable reverse osmosis system, specifically designed for treating water for endoscope reprocessors, will be shown by Environmental Water Systems (UK), a designer, manufacturer, installer and servicer of water purification and waste water treatment systems.

TRUMPF’s new TruLight 5000 surgical lighting system is said to “combine all the advantages of innovative LED technology with the most efficient energy management”, while providing consistent light distribution, eliminating the need for refocusing during surgery.

Luxo will launch its new energy-saving LHH LED examination and minor surgery luminaire in Harrogate.

High Wycombe-based manufacturer of wooden upholstered chairs and tables Will Beck, which supplies its products to sectors ranging from hospitals to hotels, recently celebrated 50 years of furniture manufacture.

Haigh Engineering will show its new auto-start, “hands-free” Sluicemaster Panaway pulp product/bedpan disposer, designed for easier operation by nursing staff.

Specialist in integrated solutions for those with reduced mobility Arjo will show its range of patient handling, bathing and disinfection equipment, including a bathing system designed to enhance relaxation.

Helping healthcare estates and facilities personnel better manage engineering documentation such as drawings, manuals, records and photos, is the key role of Provanum Engineering’s document management software,Trix Organizer.

A fire alarm warning system that integrates fire alarms with on-site radio networks, allowing health estates personnel to carry a single device for radio, lone working, telephone, on-site radio and messaging requirements, will be shown by first-time exhibitor Brabourne Communications (BCL).

Vanguard Healthcare will bring what it dubs “the world’s largest problem-solving toolkit” to Healthcare Estates 2009 – a 25-tonne mobile operating theatre.

Evac+Chair International has provided NHS Halton and St Helen’s Primary Care Trust (PCT) with a simple, cost-effective means of evacuating all staff and patients from its clinics and health centres in an emergency.

Airwave Healthcare offers a portfolio of arms and ceiling poles for mounting LCD TVs in various styles to complement the hospital environment.

Pall Medical provides a diverse range of filtration membranes to the healthcare market for critical contamination control. Specifically engineered for filtration of hospital water, respiration, parenteral therapy, general surgical applications and blood component therapy,

RISCO Group and Milestone Systems have announced a partnering agreement between the two companies which integrates the Milestone open platform IP video software within RISCO Group’s overall security management system.

“One of the most powerful broad spectrum disinfectants ever developed” is how CK Consumables describes Difficil-S, a new “low cost” two-part broad spectrum daily disinfectant that, “unlike standard oxidising chlorine-based products like bleach”, does not give off toxic gases, nor cause long-term corrosion to surfaces, equipment or utensils.

Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust’s investment, two years ago, in five SmartMover SM60 electric-operated tugs from MasterMover, has significantly improved the safety and welfare of hospital staff, enabling a single operative to manoeuvre up to four roll cages at a time, David Argyle, the Trust’s logistics coordinator, reports.

CIAT Ozonair’s new Coadis Medical Comfort – a compact, discreetly designed air conditioning and treatment terminal unit – is said to be the market’s first “comfort unit” specifically designed for hospital rooms.