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CONTENTS IHEEM REGULARS 5 COMMENT


5 COVER STORY: CLAMP-ON MEASURING SYSTEMS’ KEY OXYGEN MANAGEMENT ROLE


7 INSTITUTE NEWS


JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT


FEATURES 13 NEW PRESIDENT AT END OF CHALLENGING YEAR


Paul Fenton MBE, CEng, FIHEEM, a highly experienced estates and facilities professional and Chartered Engineer who has worked across both the NHS and commercial sectors in a varied 40-year career, took over from Ian Hinitt as the Institute’s new President at its ‘virtual’ AGM in December. Talking to HEJ’s editor, he reflected on the past year, his career to date, and his key goals for IHEEM during his two years in post.


29 COMPLEX MR UNIT AT QUEENSLAND HOSPITAL


Mark Fasiolo, Infrastructure & Operations engineer at Townsville University Hospital in Queensland, Australia, describes the installation of a new MR-linac machine at the facility which, at the time, was the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere, and one of only a few worldwide.


34 ADAPTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT FOR HOSPITALS


In an article first published in the Institute of Healthcare Engineering, Australia magazine, Healthcare Facilities, Adam Garnys, Principal consultant, and his colleague, Josiah Padget, Lead consultant, both of technical risk consultancy, CETEC, argue that ‘a growing wave of post- pandemic migration to regional Australia will burden remote hospitals, intensifying risk’.


38 NHS TO BECOME FIRST ‘NET ZERO’ HEALTH SERVICE


Last October, the NHS adopted a multi-year plan to become the world’s first 'net zero carbon' national health system by 2045. Having received almost 650 responses to an initial call to evidence, it published a new report, Delivering a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service, which set out the actions and the most notable carbon reduction milestones achieved to date, and the areas with the greatest short-to-medium term reduction potential.


45 NO ‘ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL’ FIX FOR MODULAR BUILDINGS The managing director of MTX, a specialist healthcare construction company that provides design, construction, funding, and aftercare services for MMC healthcare projects UK-wide, highlights the importance of ensuring that modular buildings have fully compliant ventilation systems that do more than just meet minimum standards.


50 SELECTING THE RIGHT WATER TREATMENT SOLUTION An integral part of any hospital disinfection system is having a reliable source of purified water in line with the relevant Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs). Here, Kalpesh Shah, head of Sales – Process Water, at Veolia Water Technologies UK (VWT UK), looks at the guidance within the HTMs, and provides an overview of the crucial practical issues to consider when it comes to implementation on site.


53 HTM 03 REVISIONS SHOULD SEE POSITIVE CHANGES


Andrew Steel FIHEEM, managing director at Airmec Essential Services, one of the UK’s longest-established air hygiene and water treatment solutions providers, looks at some of the proposed changes in the guidance on ventilation systems in a revised version of HTM 03-01, Specialised Ventilation for Healthcare Premises. He says he sees these as ‘well-aligned with the real needs of NHS Trusts’ healthcare engineering and estates teams’


57 TIME FOR A UNITED APPROACH ON SAFE WATER


Three years ago (HEJ – August and November 2017), Bristan commissioned a whitepaper, ‘Your Views: Infection Control for Water Delivery’. Now, the company’s Specification product manager, Chris Tranter, revisits the report’s key findings, and reflects on the fundamental, yet unresolved, issues it raises.


61 RE-THINKING HOW WE DESIGN NEW HOSPITALS


Patrick Morrison, Pre-contract manager for healthcare at NG Bailey, explores why modern methods of construction are, as he puts it, ‘key to the future success of construction in healthcare’. He explains that NG Bailey has harnessed the benefits of MMC on many of its projects since 2000.


64 LOW SURFACE TEMPERATURE UNITS’ BENEFITS


Chris Harvey, head of Marketing at radiator manufacturer, Stelrad, considers the advantages of installing low surface temperature (LST) radiators in healthcare settings, particularly in terms of enhanced safety for more vulnerable very young and elderly patients.


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