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Upgrade on ‘live’ nurse call system finished early
Static Systems Group has completed a ‘live’ site-wide upgrade to the nurse call system at Queen’s Hospital in Burton for the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust in just over three years, rather than the anticipated 4-5 years.
The 450-bedded hospital had over 40 existing nurse call systems, including conventionally wired Static Systems equipment, some of it in place for some 25 years, and much of it becoming obsolete, with maintenance costs rising. Static Systems was appointed to replace every nurse call system, in a live,
fully occupied hospital environment, with its Codemlon loop wired addressable nurse call system selected for the job. Using Codemlon meant the containment and back boxes in most of the existing nurse call systems could be re-used. As Codemlon offers radio sound entertainment, the Trust could also continue providing patients with free-to-access radio, controlled through the patient handsets. A wireless nurse call system was deployed during the wired system’s upgrade to provide continuity, and enable Static Systems’ engineers to work in a live ward, a bay at a time. The hospital’s
Advanced alarm handling software
False fire alarms are a daily occurrence for most hospitals, and, if unmanaged, can detrimentally impact patient flow and welfare, while with Fire Service fines for repeat offenders starting from £290 per call-out, ‘the wider financial implications can be huge’.
So says Global View Systems, which recommends healthcare estates teams ‘minimise the impact of any incident with advanced alarm handling software – developed to keep them in full control, ensuring a swift incident response, while maintaining continued patient care’. The company said: “Our Advanced Alarm Handler connects all your critical alarms to your radio system. Full alert detail is sent in real time direct to your two-way radios, which allows trained personnel to determine the cause,
identify false alerts, and contain the problem before needless disturbance or a full evacuation. In an increasingly mobile world – where there is a need for security personnel to work at speed over greater distances – the Alarm Handler enables first responders freedom of mobility to carry out their responsibilities with the reassurance that any incident response will be immediate, and directly to the source.”
Extension to mobile theatre unit’s use
Following the success of an initial contract, a medical technology specialist is set to continue to help an NHS hospital Trust deliver orthopaedic procedures during a refurbishment project. Vanguard Healthcare Solutions began working with the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust in March, and was initially due to have one of its mobile laminar theatres on site at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley for six months while the Trust refurbished its current orthopaedic theatre facilities. The current contract ended last month, but, such has been the project’s success, that the unit will return in November, and stay on site until May 2020.
Designed and built by Vanguard, the mobile theatre provides an anaesthetic
various ward-based systems were connected together using the Trust’s own LAN, enabling the Trust to transfer calls between adjacent wards/departments. To ‘futureproof’ the system, the Trust requested provision be made for incorporating ‘Fusion Analytics’ software in future – which it will use to collate and analyse data to demonstrate efficiency and levels of patient care.
Bespoke reception desk up for grabs for a charity
STJ Projects, which has an established team of dedicated and knowledgeable professionals working in many sectors, including healthcare and mental health, undertakes bespoke joinery manufacture and installation, as well as assuming the role of principal contractor on refurbishment projects.
Also a BM Trada Q-Mark-accredited fire door manufacturer, installer, and maintainer, the company will be exhibiting at tHealthcare Estates 2019, with its stand set to include a bespoke- designed and manufactured reception desk, which will be donated to a lucky charity or company, randomly selected by IHEEM President, Ian Hinitt, on day 2 of the exhibition.
room, operating theatre, two bed first- stage recovery area, staff changing room, and utility areas. A specially-constructed corridor and ramps join the main body of the hospital to the unit and ensure a seamless patient journey. Vanguard laminar flow theatre facilities offer HEPA- filtered environmental air that conforms to Grade A EUGMP, with up to 600 air changes per hour passing over the patient, and 25 fresh air changes.
Please contact Lee Cranidge of STJ Projects via email at
lee@stj.uk.com, or provide your email address via the STJ Projects LinkedIn page, to enable the company to forward you a Proposed Recipient form to complete to nominate a charity or company. Completed forms will then be presented for random selection, with the results published on LinkedIn following the exhibition, and within the STJ Projects newsletter.
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