Healthcare Estates Preventing electrical fires
According to its suppliers, Thermarestor – which is being shown at this year’s Healthcare Estates exhibition – is ‘a unique and innovative way of preventing electrical fires’.
The company said: “As a heat detection system for electrical connections and components it offers a pre-ignition solution to the problem. By permanently monitoring such points, it can sense the presence of excessive heat, and provide early warning to avoid a potential fire. Where the electrical supply is via an RCD, it can automatically disconnect the supply and remove the source of ignition.” As a fire prevention system,
Thermarestor ‘provides protection against electrical faults and overloads – wherever they may occur within the electrical
Designing for the whole sector
Services Design Associates (SDA) is an established building services design consultancy that has provided design expertise to the healthcare sector for over 28 years.
installation’. It can be installed to new and existing installations, allowing thermal monitoring of incoming supplies, distribution boards, switchgear, and accessories such as socket outlets. It can also easily be connected to fire alarm and building energy management systems.
Windows for the entire spectrum
Fendor, which claims to be ‘the UK’s most successful manufacturer of special- ist healthcare windows for all healthcare applications, including mental health and dementia care’, says its various ranges can incorporate secure, acoustic, fire, and even blast-resistant features. The company said: “Patient-orientated designs have led to the development of unique window styles which offer the latest technology, as well as value for money. Some are uniquely tested to LPS1175 and Home Office-approved. We were proud to secure the fenestration package for the redevelopment of Broadmoor Hospital, and have completed
countless projects – at facilities ranging from CAMHS units to general hospitals – over the past 30 years. “Good design, and a secure, light, and safe environment, are known to positive- ly impact patient and staff wellbeing; accordingly, our range includes CleanVent – which sets new standards in healthcare fenestration, and CareVent, launched at Healthcare Estates 2015, and now being fitted in both general wards and dementia care homes throughout the UK and Europe. We also offer unique hardware solutions such as our unique SlipperClutch anti-vandal handle.”
Stakeholder views drove development
To meet the requirements of HBN 10 Part C: Sanitary assemblies, Total Laminate Systems (TLS) sought advice and feedback from the Department of Health’s Estates & Facilities division, infection prevention and control and maintenance teams, architects, and a wide range of other stakeholders, to produce a range of sanitary assemblies that ‘are fully compliant, truly fit for purpose, offer sensible value for money, and accord with the Care Quality Commission’s essential standards of quality and safety’.
Key characteristics include ‘surface finishes that are smooth, seamless, durable, and impervious, being easy to clean with no sharp edges or joints or trims’, together with hinged and lockable service access doors.
The TLS Simplicity Healthcare range of sanitary assemblies includes:
n WHB3 Clinical Hand Wash Stations – 700-800 mm wide x 3,000 mm high, with or without post-formed return ends. These feature semi-recessed, flush-fitting, pivot-hinged and lockable access doors, all produced from one sheet of 10/12 mm Compact Grade Laminate that carries the manufacturer’s 10 year ‘Quality Pledge’ warranty.
n WHB3 Wheelchair Accessible WC Rooms (HTM), Ambulant WC Rooms, En-suite Disabled WC & Shower Rooms, Dirty Utility Rooms, Cleaners’ Rooms etc., all incorporating the aforementioned features, combined with post-formed internal and external corners where appropriate. All panels are of compact grade laminate, jointed with an aluminium ‘tongue & groove’ system providing a ‘near seamless’ joint.
It has designed and overseen over 500 NHS projects – from minor refurbishments to major new-build developments housing advanced diagnostic and treatment facilities. Recent projects include MRI suites, linear accelerators, CT scanners, operating theatres, and high secure mental health facilities. The consultancy’s experience covers the primary, secondary, and tertiary care sectors, including residential care homes, health centres and surgeries, laboratories and support facilities, specialist treatment units, dedicated surgical units, and high and medium secure mental health facilities. SDA said: “We provide services directly to both NHS Trusts and private establishments, as well as to contractors under ProCure 21+ and other design and build procurement procedures.”
Dishwasher and laundry expertise
Wilson Electrics is an independent supplier of commercial dishwashers and laundry equipment, including commercial washing machines, from major manufacturers such as Miele. Its engineers specialise in the supply, installation, and maintenance, of ‘quality branded’ machines throughout the East and West Midlands and the North West of England. The company said: “As a Miele professional partner, we can deliver expert advice on the design, layout, and installation, of different machines, including making sure that a healthcare user’s equipment meets DH and infection control guidelines. Our fully trained engineers also provide a prompt professional after-sales service, including repairs and servicing, for optimum usage from your machinery.” Wilson Electronics also offers free quotations, site surveys, and rapid delivery.
Health Estate Journal 109September 2016
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