WATER HYGIENE AND SAFETY
Don’t let complacency set in Products that were compliant 10 years ago are unlikely to still be at the pinnacle of health and safety, so it is crucial that complacency doesn’t set in. Adhering to HTM 04-01 is the best way to ensure the safe delivery of hot water and drinking water, and the latest technology is designed to make this as simple as possible. Heatrae Sadia’s Supreme – an on-wall drinking water unit – has been designed to specifically comply with HTM 04-01. It incorporates a range of features to aid with compliance, including Biomaster antimicrobial technology, corrosion-resistant components, anti- tamper design, and a detachable steam condensing chamber for ease of access. Opting for products that have these types of features will provide greater peace of mind for those tasked with delivering a safe supply of water to hospitals.
Training and support
Alongside ensuring that products are straightforward to use, manufacturers have a responsibility to train and support estates and facilities managers, especially in applications as critical as healthcare. This includes the ability to ‘get hands-on’ with the product, and being given the opportunity to trial prior to any major purchasing decision being made. This helps to instil confidence in the ability of the product to deliver the necessary performance, and provides a key insight into how to get the most out of it. Some manufacturers, such as Heatrae Sadia, offer accredited training, which covers relevant water regulations and bylaws, as well as compliance for unvented hot water storage systems. Informal maintenance overviews for drinking water are also provided for those involved with regular in-house servicing. This instils individuals with the legal ability to install, commission, and service unvented hot water systems, and in a healthcare environment, this expertise can prove invaluable.
Ongoing support
Ongoing support is another crucial part of the manufacturer’s role, to help ensure that water delivery products continue to operate, and be operated, to their full potential. Suppliers will often offer a dedicated representative, and a supply chain of nearby partners, to ensure that maintenance times are minimised. Heatrae Sadia, for example, guarantees that distributors specified by the client within a five-mile radius are fully stocked with spares and temporary replacements, helping to ensure that facilities are never without safe water. This also eliminates the need for customers to store extra spares on site, saving on real estate floorspace.
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Heatrae Sadia’s Multipoint Eco – a hot water system ‘based on a simple design’ that features an ‘intuitive digital interface’, to make operation as easy as possible for estates and facilities managers.
Guide aims to ‘take out the pain’ The size of the HTM 04-01 document confirms the huge range of considerations surrounding water provision in healthcare. Management personnel, and estates and facilities managers, have a plethora of factors that influence the specification of products to consider, and the renewed focus on water supply dictates engagement with safety guidance. In an effort to help address the key concerns,
Simon Russell
Simon Russell, National Sales manager – Commercial and Corporate Specification, joined Heatrae Sadia in 1996, initially focusing on the specification of the Megaflo (unvented cylinder) into both the domestic and commercial sectors. ‘Understanding that consultant design and specification is an extremely important part of the industry’, he was promoted to the role of National Sales manager – Commercial & Corporate Specification, in January 2010. Over the past decade, he has successfully developed and led a nationwide team of ‘highly qualified and dedicated’ Business Development managers, focused on the public health and mechanical engineering sectors, alongside supporting industry bodies such as CIBSE, SoPHE, and RIBA.
He is responsible for the sales of commercial water heating product through specification, and is experienced in all client sectors of shell and core, category A, and category B fit-out commercial specification. In addition to his role in the UK, Simon Russell was also actively involved with Heatrae Sadia’s Middle East office in Qatar from 2016 to 2018, due to his strong consultant links, which helped to promote the specification of product in the Gulf region. Despite the Doha office closing due to the embargo on Qatar, trade continues, and the consultant links remain. He says that his objective is to continue to develop his career within the commercial space and water heating industry.
Heatrae Sadia’s Supreme is an on-wall drinking water unit designed to specifically comply with HTM 04-01, and incorporates ‘a range of features to aid with compliance’.
and to take the pain out of hot water in healthcare, Heatrae Sadia has created a guide that outlines the most important technology to look out for when complying with HTM 04-01.
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n To download Taking the pain out of hot water in healthcare. Technology to look out for when complying with HTM 04-01, go to the website
www.heatraesadia.com/healthcare
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