CONTENTS IHEEM REGULARS 5 COMMENT
5 COVER STORY: INTELLIGENT CARE – ‘WATER CONTROLS LIKE NO OTHER’
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FEATURES 19 EXPANSION OF HOSPITAL ENDOSCOPY CAPACITY
Chris Beric, a Building Engineering and Maintenance engineer at Townsville Hospital and Health Service in Queensland, describes the healthcare engineering aspects of a complex project to redevelop and expand the Endoscopy Department at Townsville University Hospital.
25 ULTRACLEAN SYSTEM FOR FLAGSHIP HOSPITAL
The Sales director for Central Europe at global indoor air solutions technology specialist, Halton, explains how it supplied an ultraclean ventilation system based on controlled dilution principles for 35 operating theatres in the new hospital buildings at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.
29 THE EFM SECTOR’S ‘PHENOMENAL’ RESPONSE
Speaking in the opening IHEEM Digital Week webinar last month, the head of Profession for Estates and Facilities at NHSE/NHSI discussed some of the challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic for he and his team, and praised the ‘exceptional professionalism’ of the estates community.
35 A LOOK AT COVID-19 AND REDUCING TRANSMISSION
In an IHEEM Digital Week webinar on 6 October, Professor Cath Noakes, of the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds, took an in-depth look at how COVID- 19 is transmitted, the virus’s key characteristics, and key measures for mitigating its spread in healthcare facilities.
42 FIRE WARDEN SOFTWARE INVESTMENT
The Fire Safety advisor at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has praised a software system that enables closer, more effective control of the Trust’s Fire Warden network. The former London Fire Brigade firefighter discusses how the system has improved fire safety compliance at one of south London’s busiest acute hospitals.
48 WELSH HOSPITAL CRITICAL POWER INFRASTRUCTURE Electrical safety and clinical care equipment specialist, Bender UK, has supplied critical power infrastructure valued at over £2 m to The Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, which is due to open this month, and is one of the highest-profile new healthcare facilities ever built in Wales.
71 THE BASICS OF SAFE DRINKING WATER HYGIENE
Three senior Kemper personnel consider common challenges in maintaining healthcare water supplies at a safe temperature, and in a safe and hygienic condition, that minimises the risk of growth and proliferation of potentially hazardous waterborne pathogens.
75 WHY SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE SYSTEM MAKE SENSE
Kristen Guida, Manager at the London Climate Change Partnership, explores some of the benefits to healthcare facilities of Sustainable Drainage Systems, particularly in better rainwater and surface water management.
79 APPLYING FIRST PRINCIPLES TO WASHROOM DESIGN
A recent review of existing Department of Health infection control guidance caused Delabie’s Marketing manager to reflect that ‘we don’t need to reinvent the wheel’ when considering how best to design a safe washroom.
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53 WATER HYGIENE AND SAFETY IN HEALTHCARE SPECIAL REPORT
55 THE CHALLENGE OF KEEPING WATER CLEAN AND SAFE Maintaining the water supply in healthcare facilities in a safe and hygienic condition is among the more taxing tasks for healthcare engineering professionals. HEJ’s editor sets the scene for some of the key topics covered in this special ‘Water hygiene and safety’ section.
56 FLUSHING OF HEALTHCARE WATER SYSTEMS
Flushing water systems ‘could save lives, waste money, cause fatalities, or be illegal’. So says Dr Nick Hill, Authorising Engineer (Water), and former Chair of the IHEEM Water Technical Platform, who sets out ‘the purpose, methods, benefits, shortcomings, and pitfalls’, of flushing outlets as part of the Legionella control process.
63 WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO SAFE WATER?
Jimmy Walker, of water hygiene and safety consultancy, Walker on Water, a former PHE Scientific leader in Water Microbiology and Decontamination, and consultant medical microbiologist, Dr Mike Weinbren, discuss best practice in keeping hospital water supplies safe, clean, and hygienic, and minimising the risk of waterborne bacteria.
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