CONTENTS IHEEM REGULARS 5 COMMENT
5 COVER STORY: T-SAFE DELIVERS CRITICAL WATER SAFETY CONTROL AT ST. GEORGE’S
JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT
FEATURES 18 TEAMWORKING PROVES VITAL IN AE(D) ROLE
Graham Stanton IEng, FIHEEM, AE(D), discusses the diversity and knowledge of AE(D)s as a group, and the stringent registration process to ensure that those operating as IHEEM-registered AE(D)s in the healthcare sector have the necessary competences, skills, and expertise.
22 KEY COMMUNICATIONS FORUM RE-ESTABLISHED
Graham Stanton, who chairs the IHEEM AE(D) Registration Board, and recently became a member of the Central Sterilising Club (CSC) committee, discusses the recent re- establishment of the Decontamination Professional Expert Communications Forum (DPECF). Dr Jimmy Walker, Chair of the CSC, provides an update on recent Club activity.
25 AIR CLEANING DEVICES AND THEIR IMPACT
A recent IHEEM Yorkshire Branch event saw Cath Noakes OBE, CEng, FIMechE, FIHEEM, Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings, and Deputy Director of the Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics, School of Civil Engineering, at the University of Leeds, discuss ‘Air cleaning and disinfection devices in a hospital setting – approaches and pitfalls’.
33 HEALTHCARE DESIGN IN A POST-COVID WORLD Nick Fairham, Principal at global architecture practice, BDP, which was responsible for drawing up plans for six emergency Nightingale hospitals in England and Wales, looks at the ways in which lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic could inform the way healthcare facilities in the UK are designed in future.
37 CONSISTENT STERILISATION OF REUSABLE DEVICES
One area of paramount importance in protecting hospital patients against infection is the decontamination and sterilisation function. Angelo Giambrone, Healthcare Business Development manager at Spirax Sarco UK, explores how decontamination leads and Authorising Engineers can drive improvements in steam quality to deliver consistent reusable medical device sterilisation.
41 NHSPS’sPART IN NHS ‘NET ZERO CARBON’ DRIVE
Cameron Hawkins, head of Energy and Environment at NHS Property Services, discusses how the business is set to reach the NHS’s net zero carbon goals.
45 FLOW-THROUGH EXPANSION VESSELS CUT LEGIONELLA RISK Amy Sedgwick, Assistant commercial product manager at Groupe Atlantic UK – a designer, manufacturer, and distributor, of engineering solutions for hot water generation and commercial and residential heating applications – discusses some of the key ways to prevent the growth and proliferation of Legionella bacteria in healthcare water systems.
50 TRUST LOOKS TO HYDROGEN FOR FUTURE CHPS
Alex Best, Head of Capital at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, explains how – with the recent purchase of two CHP units which could switch to hydrogen in the future, and a further such system set for installation later this year – the Trust is aiming to play its part in the NHS reaching its zero carbon emission targets.
53 ADDRESSING COMMON ELECTRICAL ISSUES
Kas Mohammed, Vice-President of Digital Energy at Schneider Electric, looks at two of the more common electrical issues encountered in hospitals and other healthcare facilities – power factor distortion and harmonics – and how to address them.
57 FLEXIBLE SOLUTION TO CHANGES IN DEMAND
Alan Wilson, managing director of ModuleCo Healthcare, argues that in a post-COVID-19 world – with mounting pressure to plan and take the necessary steps to ensure that the NHS is future-proofed to begin tackling the backlog of operations – modular healthcare facilities’ value and benefits will be increasingly recognised.
62 WAYS TO KEEP AIR AND SURFACES CLEAN
Maintaining stringent infection control in healthcare facilities is clearly a high priority at all times, but in the past year – with the COVID-19 pandemic having contributed to over 125,000 deaths in the UK alone – has assumed even greater importance. Paul Ashton, UK Hospital Sales director at DDC Dolphin, focuses on two recent product developments.
65 PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE FROM RISKS
Stephanie Allchurch, Product Development manager at Altecnic, discusses the importance of ‘getting it right’ when it comes to water system-related products and procedures in healthcare settings, particularly to protect vulnerable patients against waterborne microrganisms.
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