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©2024: The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management UK ISSN 0957-7742
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24 A passion for engineering and for people within it IHEEM’s 2024 AGM last month saw the Institute’s first female President, Alison Ryan, hand over to her successor, Nigel Keery OBE, Head of Estates Operations at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. As HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie discovered, his role at one of Europe’s biggest public healthcare providers has given him some sleepless nights, but his enthusiasm for engineering remains undimmed.
31 Gala dinner a chance to celebrate success This year’s Healthcare Estates IHEEM Awards, presented at a gala dinner on 8 October in Manchester, saw 650 guests witness the presentation of 13 awards, including one celebrating Lifetime Achievement, while after-dinner speaker, footballing legend, Kevin Keegan, entertained guests with some amusing and interesting recollections from an incredible career.
39 Minimising electrical risks in Group 2 locations The managing director and owner of Finnish health tech company, PPO-Elektroniikka Oy, explains the critical importance of electrical safety within Group 2 healthcare premises, focusing on medical IT systems employing insulation monitoring (IMD).
45 Inside the ‘world’s first’ organ regeneration lab John Gregory, a partner at Toronto-based CGC Educational Communications, describes work to design and build and what is said to be the world’s first organ regeneration laboratory, at Toronto General Hospital in Canada. A senior redevelopment director there says the procedures undertaken there will ‘change what is done across the planet’.
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Smart solutions aiding more efficient water use Effective water management in healthcare estates is critical to both patient safety and sustainability. Richard Braid, MD at Keraflo, explains how advances in technology can help healthcare engineering teams monitor and maintain water safety, reduce waste, and ‘ensure that this valuable resource is on hand the moment it is needed’.
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53 Harnessing data through digital building technology Martin Bissell, Emily Scoones, and James Thomson of Buildings (Digital) at architecture, engineering, and consultancy company, Ramboll, believe that that embracing digital building tools and data is key to the healthcare sector’s drive toward Net Zero targets
57 New Malawi training centre ‘transformational’ Paul Moores, a founding director of FBW Group based in Kampala, Uganda, describes the practice’s work, following initial design by another firm, to lead the African design and technical team to take forward a specialist postgraduate medical and research training centre in Malawi’s second biggest city.
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61 Designers need to better understand the risks In the second in a series of three infection and prevention control-themed articles from the architectural practice, the head of Healthcare at HLM Architects considers some of the IPC challenges healthcare design teams face, and suggests there is still a lack of sufficient knowledge on the subject among many such teams.
64 ‘Safer, greener’ sharps management examined Jenna Davies, Global Product manager, Clinical Waste Management, at Vernacare, discusses the risks surrounding needlestick injuries in healthcare facilities, arguing that all staff should be trained in how to work safely with sharps, and to safely dispose of them, and equally in what to do if an injury occurs.
69 Durability, acoustics, and aesthetics key to ceilings Ceiling systems play a key role in creating appropriate room acoustics, and as noise levels in healthcare settings and the quality of the interior environment considerably impact recovery, making the right choice should be key for healthcare estates teams, says the Technical manager at acoustic ceiling manufacturer, OWA.
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