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n Plans to hold (virtual) events focusing on lessons learned and key engineering themes resulting from the pandemic.
Rapid engineering review In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, IHEEM was also involved – the paper reports – in a ‘Rapid review’, which examined ‘Engineering factors that will influence the spread of COVID-19 in hospital environments’. Drawing on
combined expertise from CIBSE, IHEEM, IMechE, and IPEM, a summary of the wide-ranging engineering interventions examined was ‘compiled at pace and fed into’ the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Areas considered in the review ranged from the impact on infection transmission of hospital layout, materials specification, and ventilation, to some of the most effective and ‘proven’ methods of room and equipment
decontamination, hand hygiene, effective PPE, respiratory protective equipment, and environmental design. To view the Royal Academy of Engineering paper, COVID-19: Engineering a resilient future, visit
https://tinyurl.com/ y8v88d2q The Executive Summary of the ‘Rapid review of engineering factors that will influence the spread of COVID-19 in hospital environments’ is accessible at
https://tinyurl.com/yb9k7nsu
Online events an opportunity ‘to stayconnected and informed’
Following the announcement that the ‘live’ 2020 Healthcare Estates Exhibition, Conference, and Gala Awards Dinner have been deferred until 2021, there is a strong desire across the healthcare estates and facilities management community to have the opportunity to learn and share knowledge and experiences, especially in relation to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In direct response, IHEEM and Step Exhibitions are running a series of digital events under the banner of ‘Stay Connected. Keep Informed. Get Ahead’. These will take the form of live or pre-recorded webinars, which commenced last month, and will run through to October, culminating in a week of digital content entitled ‘Healthcare Estates Online’. Event director, Steve Webb, explained: “We will also be providing additional digital content ‘on demand’ on both the Healthcare Estates event channel and the IHEEM website (
www.iheem.org.uk).” Healthcare Estates Online was launched on 30 June
2020, and will run with fortnightly events, culminating in the Healthcare Estates Digital Week, from 5-9 October. “As a professional working in the healthcare sector, particularly during this COVID-19 pandemic, you need to keep up to date with the numerous innovations happening right now," added Steve Webb. "This series of webinars offers you the opportunity to ‘stay connected’ through our content, ‘keep informed’ about how innovation has played a major part in meeting the significant healthcare engineering and estates challenges raised by the global pandemic, and to ‘get ahead’ with knowledge- sharing and CPD content.” The first round of webinars will be from the Healthcare Estates ‘exhibitor community’, who have faced and managed a wide range of demands and challenges
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throughout the pandemic. Bender launched the programme on 30 June with a webinar presented by Matthew Mears, National Healthcare Consultant, on ‘The Fundamentals of Secondary and Tertiary Electrical Infrastructure Power for Group 2 Medical Locations’, while the second webinar, on 14 July, will see Christopher Needham, Solutions Architect – Healthcare, at Schneider Electric, present on ‘Driving Efficiency in Hospitals: from Old to New.’ On 28 July, Adrian Hall, COO at Brandon Medical, will address the
topic, ‘Smart Operating Theatres’, while the subject and speaker for the fourth and final supplier webinar, on 11 August, have yet to be announced. Keep an eye on the Healthcare Estates Online newsletter for more details.
There will then follow a series of webinars outlining the challenges from a
national perspective, including the rapid development of the Nightingale hospitals across the country. These will include presentations from NHS England and NHS Improvement, including from Simon Corben, Director & Head of Profession at NHS Estates & Facilities, and from ProCure22. Steve Webb added: “You can also expect to hear from
NHS Trusts on how they responded at a local level, as well as the IHEEM Technical Platforms, who will discuss the technical issues that needed to be considered across a number of engineering specialisms – including decontamination, ventilation, and medical gas management.” All of the digital content outlined above will be made available free of charge, and, where appropriate, will be CPD approved. To read the full Healthcare Estates Online newsletter, visit
https://connect.eventdata.uk/ rsps/m/0SEg4oDXLN8BTesIXb_s_A Please contact Step Exhibitions to take part in the online event or contribute to the on-demand content. Steve Webb explained: “We will provide the technical support you need to produce the webinar, and ensure that slides and any supporting material are available online. All of the digital content, whether scheduled into the
Healthcare Estates Online event, or as additional on-demand material, will be extensively promoted across the IHEEM membership, both national and global, through IFHE and IFHE-EU, and, of course, to everyone associated with the Healthcare Estates event past and present. We will also supply you with email details and web banners to promote your webinar to your own network.”
n For more details, email
victoriaemerton@stepex.com
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