HEALTHCARE ESTATES
Sustainable ‘gas cleaning unit’ to be shown
BeaconMedæs claims to be the world’s leading medical gas pipeline turnkey provider, with services including equipment manufacture, preventative maintenance contracts, servicing, installation, and design services to HTM 02-01 standards. The company said: “We will be
showcasing recent and new products, as well as new services, at this year’s Healthcare Estates show. Visit stand A8 to see our digital alarms, MedGasScan leak detection service, MyMedGas asset management and compliance platform, and our new AGS plant and CDU. “Our new active Anaesthetic Gas
Scavenge (AGS) plant and nitrous oxide Central Destruction Unit (CDU), when installed together, provide a system that increases staff and patient safety, while
vastly reducing the healthcare facility’s carbon footprint. “The low-energy unit provides
sustainable gas cleaning of exhaled nitrous oxide, reducing it by over 99% by causing it to decompose rapidly into nitrogen and oxygen, the main components in air. This means the surrounding environment is made safer for staff and patients without any reduction in the level of pain relief provided.”
Tarkett, a leading manufacturer of healthcare flooring, says it is ‘committed to offering the healthcare sector the highest quality flooring solutions that contribute to healthier and safer environments’.
It says that by including scientific methods, and sharing extensive details
A ‘complete one-stop’ flooring solution with its customers, it ‘provides complete
transparency’, to make sure healthcare facilities ‘can reach their full potential through their flooring and design solutions’.
Tarkett added: “Sustainability and eco- responsibility have become requirements when sourcing materials for healthcare facilities, along with products offering durability, cleanliness, low maintenance, and a long life span. Our multifunctional approach when designing flooring offers healthcare facilities a complete one-stop- shop solution to meet the demands of all areas.”
Tarkett’s project consultants will be on hand in Manchester to help show visitors ‘identify and quantify sustainability opportunities in their healthcare project’.
Monitoring bollard protects priority spaces
Parkingeye has launched a new monitoring bollard to protect priority spaces on the UK’s car parks and across various NHS and other healthcare estates.
The new Bay Enforcement solution features patented innovative technology that allows its leading ANPR solution to be applied to specific spaces on a car park. Reportedly ‘a first of its kind’, Parkingeye’s Bay Enforcement solution means it is now possible to protect electric vehicle charging bays, Blue Badge spaces, and other priority locations on a car park.
Adrian Cunliffe, Chief Product officer, said: “We’re always looking for new ways to help our clients maintain their car
parks, and Bay Enforcement is just one of the new technology-focused solutions we have in the pipeline. Abuse of priority spaces is a common sight on sites around the UK, and this new solution allows us to address the problem and ensure that the priority spaces in a car park are reserved for the members of the public who actually need them.”
Parkingeye’s Bay Enforcement solution uses a monitoring bollard with a single camera point housed inside to detect any unauthorised vehicle entering the bay.
‘Revolutionising’ how the NHS tackles clinical waste
The NHS produces an average of 153,000 tonnes of clinical waste every year from acute and maternity beds, generating over 108,000 tonnes of CO2
,
and costing over £373 m. Designed ‘by the NHS for the NHS’, Curo is ‘revolutionising’ how the NHS tackles its clinical waste problem, providing the opportunity for Trusts and Health Boards to make significant financial savings and reduce environmental impact. Working in partnership, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Peacocks, and CISA, have designed and engineered an
‘integrated end-to-end sustainable solution that can process waste directly on site’. Curo is a completely self-contained ‘plug- and-play’ solution which can be operated by NHS staff once trained, reducing volume of waste by 70%, and turning
hazardous waste into inert floc for re-use. Curo said: “Our engineering team will handle all the scoping, survey, and project planning, working to design the optimal solution, and creating education and training packages to maximise cost savings. Curo will enable accurate measurement and reporting, for complete control over the waste management process.” Curo says it can reduce the carbon impact of processing clinical waste ‘by up to 100%’, generate 54 million kW of energy per year, and save the NHS over £1 bn over five years.
September 2022 Health Estate Journal 79
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