THEATRE AND ICU TECHNOLOGY – IHEEM BRANCH EVENT
Technology’s part in enhancing clinical care
On 14 March, as part of an IHEEM North-West Branch event, members were given an exclusive pre-launch tour of what the two Company Affiliates who have jointly established the facility – MIG Medical and Dräger Medical – say is ‘a ground-breaking’ Healthcare Innovation Centre, at Union House, Altrincham. Subjects covered in the day’s accompanying presentations included technology’s part in enhancing clinical care, effective alarm management in critical care settings, a new open standard that enables connectivity across medical devices, and regulations for working at height and in confined spaces. HEJ reports.
The ‘state-of-the-art’ showroom features a fully equipped operating theatre and ICU facility designed ‘to inspire and facilitate collaboration’ within the healthcare industry. The impressive new facility played host to the IHEEM North-West Branch’s latest meeting, with members given early access to this innovation hub, providing them with the unique opportunity to explore the facility before its official opening later in the year. The Branch Chair, Alistair Cameron, and IHEEM President, Alison Ryan, were among the attendees. MIG Medical delivers turnkey healthcare fit-out projects and specialist construction services within the public and private healthcare sectors. Its services include medical gas pipeline systems, operating theatre construction and fit-out, clinical equipment supply, and mobile gas pod and plant room fit-out. The Innovation Centre provides the opportunity for FM providers, architects, contractors, healthcare professionals, and M&E consultants, to explore hard-to-access clinical areas without the risk of disruption to live services – such as pendants, lights, and acute medical devices and connected technologies. The facility also boasts a spacious lounge, events space, boardroom, and Washroom Workshop facility. MIG brands include MIG Medical, Mechanical, Facades, and Qatar, and the company operates across the UK, as well as in Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Showroom partners include Dräger, Arthrex, Barco, Concept Cubicle Systems, Medi-Form, Washroom Fit-Out Company, Aspire, Norwood, SDS, Altro, and Saturn Visual.
Case study
North Devon District Hospital Attendees at the event were shown a short video explaining how MIG Medical has helped North Devon ‘crown’ its new Coronation Suite. The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (RDUHT) is Devon’s largest employer, with over 15,000 staff providing healthcare services to more than 615,000 people.
The agenda for the IHEEM North-West Branch event held at the new Healthcare Innovation Centre in Altrincham on 14 March.
One of its acute hospitals, North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple, is included in the New Hospital Programme (NHP), and was confirmed as a priority for investment in 2020. MIG Medical managed and delivered a full modular fit-out for the hospital’s new Jubilee Ward. The project saw the company shortlisted for the 2022 Healthcare Estates IHEEM Healthcare Supplier of the Year Award. Following this success, RDUHT
approached MIG Medical again to fit out North Devon Hospital’s new Coronation Suite discharge lounge, which features 12 beds alongside a staff base. The modular construction project took just 12 weeks to complete, including all partition walls, flooring, ceilings, and mechanical and electric services – including nurse call alarms and both HVAC and air- conditioning systems. MIG Medical coordinated carefully with a range of different trades to ensure the success of the project, with Wernick Buildings providing the outer shell before MIG carried out the full fit-out. Dräger, for its part, describes itself as ‘a global leader in medical and safety sectors’, providing ‘Technology for Life’ dedicated
to improving acute care environments through innovative solutions. The business was founded in 1889 in Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has grown into a worldwide enterprise now in its fifth generation as a family-run business. Dräger has more than 16,000 employees, and is present in over 190 countries. Stefan Dräger, Chairman and CEO, is
quoted as saying: “Helping to reduce the number of preventable deaths in hospitals is a pledge that I made. My personal goal goes beyond, being: ‘Improving Acute Care with technologies and services that lead to therapy assistance, and ultimately to hospital automation’.” Joanna Tolputt and Dan McNeilage, both Business Development managers at the company, provided an introduction to Dräger Medical UK, explaining that with over 130 years of innovation in medical technologies behind it, Dräger is a specialist in high acuity medical workplace design, and ‘provides support in every step of the planning process, to enable delivery of bespoke solutions’. Dräger says its expertise in OR, CCU, NICU, and ED ‘enables a patient-centred design approach, improving ergonomics and
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