RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Wolseley has been included in the new NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency framework agreement for mechanical and electrical supplies.

Kawneer says over 1,000 of its latest AA 3110 horizontal sliding windows, which maximise ventilation while minimising the risk of self-harm, have been specified by key architects serving English and Welsh health bodies.

Gradus has supplied stair edgings and barrier matting for the redevelopment of St Helens Hospital on Merseyside. The local community’s single biggest healthcare investment, the £338 million redevelopment of St Helens Hospital and Whiston Hospital is providing a wide range of services to patients.

Oxford-based Power Inspired, a new name in power protection, offers a “no-nonsense” approach to provision of competitively-priced, high quality uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) and power quality systems, providing “a straightforward, ex-stock service” for users needing power protection solutions at the low power end of the UPS market – typically 1 kVA to 10 kVA single phase and up to 100 kVA three phase.

New wireless keyboards for hospital patient entertainment and pointof- care terminals from JAOtech monitor their own disinfect status to remind when sterilisation is due.

Patient food choice at the Pilgrim Hospital, Boston in Lincolnshire has been significantly improved, and catering simplified, following the 550- bed facility’s switch from a 15-year-old plated, patient meal system to a new bulk regeneration service using equipment supplied by E & R Moffat.

Berchtold, the surgical equipment developer and manufacturer, is entering the second half of the year with a fully revamped website, offering existing and potential customers the opportunity to find out about its products and services online at www.berchtold.biz

Casella’s new CEL-242 and CEL-246 sound level meters can store time history onto an onboard memory capable of logging over 400,000 measurements, showing how noise has fluctuated, and allowing users to understand at what point noise control measures are necessary.

Foremans Relocatable Building Systems, looking to expand its pre-owned modular building stock, will buy, remove and recycle quality surplus single or multistorey modular accommodation.

A 20-year life, and 12% reductions in energy consumption compared with other fluorescent lamps, are promised by the new T8 Eco Saver Long Life lamp from Aura now available from the Greenstock Lamp Company.

ICT services and solutions provider Proximity Communications has completed the implementation of an IP-ready telephony solution for Nottinghamshire Healthcare, an NHS mental health and learning disability service provider.

Kohler Mira company Rada has launched what it claims is the world’s first digital mixing valve for washbasins designed specifically for healthcare applications. With an estimated 300,000 UK hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) annually (National Audit Office, June 2009), it argues that good hand hygiene has never more critical.

Bosch Security Systems has extended its range of PS (Personal Security) pagers with its new PS-Transceiver, which offers, all within a compact, mobile unit, a push-to-talk speech function that lets users speak to individuals or to a group of people simultaneously.

Birmingham’s Heartlands Hospital has installed Drax (UK)’s Connect SMS monitoring system.

Sangamo Lighting’s upgrading of a link corridor lighting system within the Royal Edinburgh Hospital has reportedly brought client NHS Lothian an energy saving in the area of over 70% per annum, with a payback period of under 18 months.

Andy Whiteley (pictured) has become the new divisional director of Andrews Air Conditioning Services (AACS), with a remit to align the business more closely with the group’s air conditioning hire division as part of the company’s growth strategy.

HCP has supplied 970 linear metres of radiant heating panels to the new £60 million Bristol Heart Institute.

Paxton Access’s new “vandal resistant” compact metal keypad is an all-in-one system for outdoor gates and barriers.

Pegler Yorkshire has launched a range of TMV3 in-line thermostatic mixing valves designed to eliminate the risk of scalding in hospitals and care homes.

One of the UK’s first new “super hospitals”, currently under construction by Balfour Beatty Construction for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, is said to be unique in that hundreds of staff and a number of patient representatives have not only helped design it, but have also selected its medical products.