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5 Comment: Single rooms: The pros and cons 5 Cover story: Award-winning medical gas installation and innovation 6 Institute News: Premium early delegate rate for Manchester conference 11 Health Sector News: Great Yarmouth modular ward takes shape
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17 The ongoing quest to make PPE more ‘sustainable’ At the Central Sterilising Club’s Autumn Study Day, Paul Chivers, who leads the PPE Innovation and Sustainability Team for NHS Supply Chain, described its work to encourage development of more reusable PPE, and improve the sustainability and efficacy of such products already in use.
23 Reducing consumption and wastage in a safe way Paul Millard,
Technical manager at Water Regs UK, outlines some of the key ways to reduce water consumption
and waste in healthcare facilities, while maintaining a safe and wholesome supply.
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Neither the Institute nor the Publisher is able to take any responsibility for views expressed by contributors. Editorial views are not necessarily shared by the Institute. Readers are expressly advised that while the contents of this publication are believed to be accurate, correct and complete, no reliance should be placed upon its contents as being applicable to any particular circumstances. Any advice, opinion or information contained is published only on the footing that The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management, its servants or agents and all contributors to this publication shall be under no liability whatsoever in respect of its contents.
28 New Hospital Programme: ‘We’re not just builders’ The New Hospital Programme (NHP) has been tasked with transforming and modernising NHS healthcare facilities in England. The team behind it dubs it ‘a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink our approach to the NHS’.
31 The pros and cons of single patient rooms examined Three senior personnel at public service consultants, The PSC, discuss the NHP’s announcement that all new English hospitals must be 100% single room.
36 Antimicrobial technologies redefining cleaning regimes Microban International looks at how antimicrobial technologies can be built into materials found in patient areas – including disposable privacy curtains, uniforms, and high-touch control panels.
39 Delivering climate-resilient healthcare environments Against the backdrop of concerns over global warming, Geoff Southern, from Arcadis IBI Group, considers some of the key potential ways to make healthcare buildings more adaptable and resilient to climate extremes.
45 Validating for peace of mind in healthcare facilities
The UK Commercial director of the Ellab Group explains how healthcare facilities juggling with their finances and staffing issues can ‘maintain a safe environment, and, simultaneously, save money’, by embracing third-party mapping, calibration, and validation services for CSSD equipment.
49 Exploiting digital technology to finesse project design Gavin Statham, Regional director, and Mike Robinson, BIM manager, at BES, discuss some of the many benefits to both design and construction teams involved in healthcare projects, and the operators and users of healthcare buildings, of effective deployment of BIM technology.
54 Soil stack solution for waste pipe blockages in Belfast Lucas Vogan, Technical Sales manager at Geberit, explains how the company’s electrofusion-welded HDPE drainage pipes will help overcome increasingly frequent blockages in waste pipes and soil stacks at a busy acute hospital in Belfast.
59 Second life battery energy storage benefits in focus The founder and CEO of Connected Energy, whose battery energy storage solutions use second life EV batteries, discusses the potential for wider use of battery energy storage technology.
64 Bedlift stacking system addresses storage issues Rachael Pickering, Operations director at Medescon, the exclusive UK and Ireland supplier of Vidir bedlift products, discusses how they can address ‘the age-old problem of storing hospital beds in an environment with no or very limited floor space’.
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