SPONSORED BY HEALTH SECTOR NEWS Test equipment takes to the seas
Rigel Medical has supplied a global charity that delivers healthcare services worldwide on board the world’s largest private hospital ship with a variety of biomedical test equipment, including a Multi-Flow Infusion analyser, electrical safety analysers, patient simulators, an electrosurgical analyser, and ventilation analysers. Mercy Ships operates a former
passenger ship converted into a hospital, staffed by 400 volunteers from 40 nations, with five fully-equipped operating rooms, a PACU/recovery Room, an ICU, HDU, and surgical wards. Rigel Medical supplied the devices to test the hospital’s syringe drivers, and its volumetric pumps for infusion of fluids. Tony Royston, a senior clinical engineer with Mercy Ships, said: “Rigel Medical’s
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25-26 APR Hospital Innovations 2017, Olympia, London. T: 44 (0)1892 518877;
www.hospital-innovations.com 27 APR IHEEM North-West Branch event, with Pegler presentation on ‘Issues with thin-wall, low carbon steel pipework’ (following recent Estates Alert), Arup offices, Manchester. T: 0161 331 6707; E:
gareth.llewellyn@tgh.nhs.uk 4 MAY IHEEM Welsh Branch AGM with Presidential Address, Jurys Inn, Cardiff, starting at 12.30 p.m. T: 01633 213160; E:
iheemwales@gmail.com 16-17 MAY Design in Mental Health 2017, National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham. T: 01892 518877;
www.designinmentalhealth.com 23-25 MAY NAHFO 2017 Conference & AGM, Mercure Daventry Court Hotel, Daventry. T: 0121 776 7788; E:
Nahfo@conferencesolutions.uk.com 21 JUN IHEEM North-West Branch ‘Recent developments in intelligent tap technology’ presentation by Rada, including full-day visit to its Cheltenham production facility, (with SoPHE). T: 0161 331 6707; E:
gareth.llewellyn@tgh.nhs.uk 7 SEP IHEEM WALES 2017 Regional Conference and Exhibition, Cardiff. T: 023 9282 3186;
www.iheem.org.uk/events 10-11 OCT Healthcare Estates 2017, Manchester Central. Step Exhibitions. T: 01892 518877;
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products are really important to us because they provide automated testing. Being staffed by volunteers means it’s even more important to have a consistent, simple testing facility. The Multi-Flow Infusion Tester is proving excellent both for checking the performance of new devices
during our commissioning, and for regular PM and post-repair testing of some slightly older units. It enables the onboard ‘Biomed’ department to know the machines are safe and deliver the correct quantity of narcotic and other drugs without having to arrange return to the OEM.”
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