Medical product supplier, Vernacare, has appointed electrical and mechanical contractor, JD McGeown, as its technical services partner for Northern Ireland.
JD McGeown’s specialist engineers will install, commission, maintain, and service Vernacare’s fleet of Vortex disposal units, which provide Northern Ireland’s hospitals with ‘a hygienic and timesaving system of human waste disposal’.
Belfast-headquartered JD McGeown has recently installed and commissioned Vortex disposal systems at Daisy Hill Hospital, part of Southern Health and Social Care Trust, and was also recently chosen to provide electrical engineering services to Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital, including for the new £10 m non-clinical support building and children’s haematology wards there.
Vernacare says the Vortex units provide a fast, cost-effective method of disposing of its natural fibre single-use bedpans, urinals, washbowls, and other containers. After use by patients, the containers are placed in the Vortex disposal units, and broken down into a fine, watery slurry that flows freely through the drains. The single-use system is used throughout the UK and globally.
JD McGeown’s healthcare engineering team has completed intensive training to become certified and assured suppliers, qualifying members in all aspects of Vortex technical care – from installation to fault diagnosis, breakdown repair, and servicing.
