HEALTHCARE ESTATES
New ceiling supply units offer ‘more flexibility’
Dräger says its new Ambia and Ponta ceiling supply units make workflows in the operating theatre, neonatology, and intensive care units, more efficient. The company said: “With more
connection options for medical devices and accessories at all four corners of the media column, and greater capacity for electrical and gas outlets that can be freely positioned, the new Ambia and Ponta ceiling supply units allow individual configuration of intensive care units and theatres for more efficient care. With their coordinated colour concepts and décor variants, Ambia and Ponta can be easily integrated into any room design, supporting a therapeutic environment.” For more ‘intuitive positioning’ of the
new ceiling supply units, the handles have touch-sensitive sensors that automatically release the brakes. The handle positions
Isolated power supply for electrical medical IT systems
can also be adapted to suit individual work processes, and the handles retrofitted. Dräger added: “Rounded profiles and smooth disinfection-resistant materials help make the Ponta and Ambia quick and easy to clean and disinfect, while the sophisticated cable management in the shafts reduces dirt accumulation. A touchless design – including with the ceiling and floor lights – also contributes toward preventing infection.”
New clinical Wash Station to debut
Armitage Shanks will exhibit its new clinical Wash Station design – the first time that this new iteration will be shown at a major industry event.
The company says the new design builds on the brand’s ‘market-leading position’, and is ‘formed from years of insight and expertise’. Aiming to eliminate cross-contamination from splashing, the Wash Station also features a new waste assembly, which simplifies maintenance while following best
practice in HBN 00-10 Part C – Sanitary Assemblies.
As a brand Armitage Shanks is no stranger to innovation, having previously created the first Doc M packs in 1993, and more recently introduced the sector to the ‘cutting-edge’ Markwik 21+ and Contour 21+ ranges, in 2017. As well as the new clinical Wash Station design, the latest ranges of the ‘market-leading’ Markwik 21+ thermostatic tap and the Contour 21+ ceramic range of wash basins and WCs will be on display.
The Kohler Medical Isolated Power Supply (MIPS) system reportedly ‘ensures patient safety’ by reducing electrical shock hazard and tripping of breakers during earth faults, and continuously monitoring normal and abnormal conditions. Kohler said: “These vital electrical medical IT systems are isolated from earth, and enable insulation maintenance faults to be monitored. Used in Medical Group 2 locations, they minimise risk of failure so that, in the event of a first fault to earth, supply continuity is maintained.” The MIPS can easily integrate with the many Kohler UPS and generator systems installed in healthcare facilities, or those from other manufacturers. The UK-built system was ‘designed from the outset to fully meet or exceed the requirements of HTM 06-01, while incorporating design features identified during customer research’. Systems are configurable
with four different levels of power distribution (6, 12, 18, or 24 MCBs), giving flexibility of use across locations including operating rooms, intensive care rooms, MRI suites, recovery rooms, and therapy rooms. Complementing the core MIPS unit are ‘easy-to-use’ status and alarm panels for local, operating room, and central control room indication. The central alarm panel provides
centralised monitoring of all MIPS and UPS systems. A web browser gives authorised users access to the ‘virtual panel’ from anywhere on the facility network.
On the frontline of ‘greener, safer, water delivery’
While water is a vital resource for healthcare, and indeed the NHS is among the UK’s largest consumers of it, the frequency of waterborne diseases is rising annually, and battling healthcare-associated infections costs the NHS £2.1 bn per year. So says Rada, which believes digital water delivery ‘is at the heart of driving safety, infection control, and sustainability improvements’, and offers products ‘designed and engineered to specifically address these challenges’. Its new Intelligent Care digital taps are said to ‘set a new
standard for how a tap can contribute to better healthcare, improving infection control, reducing water consumption, and saving staff time’.
Rada explained: “Intelligent Care taps reduce microbial growth risk, as the plastic materials and rubber diaphragms have been removed.” Intelligent Care taps are ‘fully digital’, and connectable to a building management system,
or operable via an app. To minimise water and energy wastage caused by over-use, the system can be pre-programmed to optimum temperature and run times, and set to automatically duty- flush taps which have not been used, reducing water wastage caused through manual flushing. ‘Electronically kept data provides clear evidence of compliance with national guidelines.’
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