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A ‘complete and innovative’ grab bar solution
At Delabie, we believe that patient safety and wellbeing are the top priorities in healthcare establishments.
To achieve this, healthcare professionals need to be able to rely on appropriate, high-quality equipment. Delabie’s Be-Line range is a complete solution that meets these challenges and complies with Doc M recommendations.
Safety first
In the bathrooms and toilets of healthcare establishments, patients are often vulnerable. They may have difficulty moving around or standing up, and are therefore at risk of falling. Delabie’s Be-Line range offers a wide range of grab bars to help improve patient safety. Our grab bars are designed to provide the best support. They have a flat front face that prevents hand rotation for an optimal grip. We offer grab bars in different lengths and heights to suit all needs. All of our grab bars come with
JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT
IHEEM
October 2023 Volume 77 Number 9
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Derogations and their
interpretation
Welcome to an issue of HEJ set for publication just before one of the biggest Healthcare Estates events in the conference and exhibition’s history opens in Manchester. Tere should be plenty to see and learn about – as always, with some fantastic conference speakers, and one of the widest arrays of products, technologies, and services yet seen at the flagship IHEEM annual event in the accompanying exhibition. Do come along and meet the HEJ team on stand H54. In this issue (pages 33-35) a cohort of
Derogations and their interpretation Getting fire damper installation right Growing role for medical drones
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the Safety Pack: a 10-year warranty, CE marking, and testing to over 200 kg.
Design for wellbeing
Design is also important in healthcare establishments. A pleasant, welcoming environment can help to improve patient wellbeing and comfort. With the Be-Line range, we want to erase the stigmatising and medicalised aspect of equipment intended for healthcare establishments. Our grab bars are designed to be aesthetically pleasing and discreet. They blend in perfectly with any environment. We also offer grab bars in a range of colours to match the fixtures and fittings while providing a good visual contrast.
A complete and innovative solution
Delabie’s Be-Line range is a comprehensive, innovative solution that meets patients’ needs in terms of safety and wellbeing. Our goal is to allow everyone – disabled people, older people, or those with reduced mobility – easy access, and to maintain maximum independence in their day-to-day life.
Delabie UK Ltd Henderson House Hithercroft Road Wallingford OX10 9DG T: 01491 824449
www.delabie.co.uk
experienced microbiologists discuss derogations, their interpretation, and how guidance should be perceived and utilised to ensure the safe design, construction, and commissioning, of healthcare facilities. NHS England has recently published a process for managing derogations – a step the authors welcome to help ensure that derogations are ‘not used as a back door for inappropriate decisions’. Tey also quite rightly point out that ‘all guidance has its limitations’ – for instance it is only as good as the information available at the time of publication and, unless it comprises ‘live’ documents regularly updated in the light of new information, innovations, or incidents, the contents will be outdated. While much of the focus in preventing the
growth and spread of waterborne infection has been on Legionella and P. aeruginosa, in an interesting article on pages 30-31 IHEEM- registered AE (Water), Karina Jones, discusses some of the health risks from Nontuberculous mycobacteria – which she explains are ‘ubiquitous in the environment’ – and some of the key steps to lower such risks. She stresses that not only can it take a long time to kill all the bacteria – meaning infected patients may need extended treatment, but that it is also possible to re-contract an NTM infection, the bacteria can become antibiotic-resistant, and can still exist even aſter samples come back negative. On an altogether different, but equally
interesting topic, Group director, Sam Mitten describes on pages 81-83 the role that healthcare construction expert, MIG Medical, has recently played in the renovation of the Global Mercy ship – the world’s largest civilian hospital ship providing free healthcare to people in desperate need from the poorest countries, with the design of and installation of a new medical gas pipeline system for the ship – a field in which the company has decades of specialist experience. Enjoy this issue, and I hope to see a number of you in Manchester.
Jonathan Baillie,
Editor jonathanbaillie@
stepcomms.com
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