HEALTHCARE ESTATES
85 years’ medical gas pipeline expertise
Founded in 2004 by Robert Parry, Precision UK claims to be ‘a world-leader’ in medical gas pipeline equipment. Its team has over 85 years’ combined
experience in the medical gas industry, offering customers’ top-quality products and excellent customer service’. Its Stockport head office is ‘home to
state-of-the-art technology, machines, and computers’, and the business reportedly supplies 90% of the UK market, and exports to over 75 countries worldwide. It said: “Growth has been structured to meet customer needs, both in the UK and the expanding overseas markets.” The CPX brand is a wholly owned
trademark of Precision UK. All CPX products manufactured by CPX are marked with this brand name ‘as a sign of
An ‘evolution’ in clinical washbasin IPS units
BioClad, a specialist in ‘creating hygienic spaces’, has teamed up with water management company, Angel Guard, to create Raphael, a joint innovation described as ‘the next evolution in clinical washbasin IPS units’. Raphael combines BioClad’s BioCote
dedication to design and quality’. Precision UK added: “We are proud
to be the only genuine British company accredited to ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, and 93/42/EEC Medical Device Directive, and take pride in supplying complete medical gas pipeline systems with Kitemarked copper tube.”
Award-winning sliding door system
Axis manufactures the Flo-Motion manual sliding door system developed for the healthcare sector – a standard component within the ProCure22 and ProCure23 frameworks.
The company explained: “Specifically designed with architects, BDP, for the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, to provide child-friendly, full-width, glazed bedroom and ward doors, the multi-award
winning Axis Flo-Motion manual sliding door employs a special low-resistance track system that can be operated with minimal effort using finger-tip control. The adaptability of Flo-Motion offers designers several formats for varying needs. Useful tools such as clear opening calculators and BIM models assist with designing and specifying the right door for your project.”
Independently owned Axis has over 35 years’ experience in the door industry, working in the healthcare, education, government agency, and commercial sectors. Its range includes manual swing and sliding doors, automatic swing and sliding doors, steel doors, and glazed curtain walls and shop fronts. Axis is exclusive distributor for Manusa Healthcare Doors, Doorson Automatic products, and the full range of Stanley ICU/CCU doors in the UK.
panel technology, designed to reduce bacterial growth, with Angel Guard infection prevention technology. BioClad said: “Raphael incorporates award-winning technology from Angel Guard’s Michael clinical washbasin unit and the Clarence system, the world-first remote water monitoring system with biofilm- sensing capabilities.” Boasting a new anti-retrograde tap spout named the A.R.C. (Anti-Retrograde Contamination) spout, Raphael delivers water via an integrated copper tap spout. The spout, constructed with a pipe-within-a-pipe design, delivers the water through an air gap, helping prevent splashback, and ‘vastly reducing opportunities for touchpoint contamination’. BioClad added: “Reducing splashing by up to 90%, Raphael’s ceramic basin features an anti- splash fin, providing a shallower angle for water to hit, deflecting rather than providing a direct splashpoint. Coated with an antimicrobial glaze, Raphael’s basin ensures a smooth surface, helping prevent bacterial growth. Optional inclusion of the Clarence system provides remote water temperature, flow event, and biofilm monitoring. Clarence can link up with Angel Guard’s Seraph Protect system, producing reports to increase compliance, while reducing operating and water testing costs.”
How ‘digital’ is delivering cost and safety benefits
With inflation driving up maintenance and operating costs, Estates and Facilities managers ‘face a difficult balancing act, as they must also contend with a blizzard of new regulations, including the Building Safety Act, changes to the Building Regulations, and stricter fire safety rules’. So say those behind SFG20 – the industry standard for building maintenance specification, who add: “Add to these pressures the drive toward Net Zero, and it’s clear why they
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need to make use of all the tools available – not least many exciting new digital developments.
“Avoiding over or under-maintaining systems is key to getting optimal value for money while remaining legally compliant. It is equally important to avoid the temptation to only do the bare minimum to cut costs, potentially leading to operationally critical assets being undermaintained.”
The SFG20 team has, therefore, been
refining and expanding its digital products to help Facilities managers get the most from the continually updated standard, and use it to audit works, and work collaboratively with internal and external teams so they can target resources to provide the best value. SFG20 said: “Stand visitors can hear from end-users benefiting from these digital tools, sharing insights into how data-driven maintenance is transforming building performance.”
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