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HEALTH SECTOR NEWS St Thomas’ new emergency care department
Architects, ADP, and contractor, Logan Construction, have completed a major remodelling of London’s St Thomas’ Hospital – to create a new emergency care pathway in a dedicated emergency floor.
A new clinical decisions unit is the last phase to be finished in a programme that brings together a new ‘Majors’ area, 62 acute assessment ward beds, emergency paediatric services, a children’s short stay unit, and a centralised urgent care centre. The new resuscitation area, with larger treatment cubicles and dedicated trauma and isolation rooms, now sits at the department’s heart.
The emergency department at St Thomas’ sees over 140,000 patients annually, including 27,000 children. ADP says that by co-locating all emergency services in one zone, patients can be directed to the relevant area depending
on the severity of their needs. Patients with less serious conditions will be treated by GPs and emergency nurse practitioners.
Artwork funded by Guy’s and St Thomas’ charity and developed with arts consultancy, Art in Site, was implemented to create a welcoming environment, and
Mobile decontamination unit installed Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, which
has recently launched a range of mobile endoscope decontamination units, has installed one of the first at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. The suite will be on site for nine months while the hospital creates a larger, improved permanent facility. It will be able to decontaminate up to 120 endoscopes used in a procedures including colonoscopies and gastric examinations daily.
The HTM-compliant unit, designed in accordance with JAG guidelines, has separate entrance and exit doors, with its workflow ensuring that dirty and clean scopes are always separated. Vanguard said: “It provides a spacious, climate- controlled work environment with
help patients navigate to the right area. Departments are divided by colour and well-known London landmarks, helping people identify with their surroundings. ADP said: “This was important in humanising clinical environments, which, combined with integrated patient information, makes them more legible to reduce stress and anxiety.” In the paediatric emergency care department, ADP worked with Art in Site and the user team to integrate cartoon characters and local landmarks created by Japanese artist, Kiriko. ADP explained: “‘Taking the ouch out of A&E’ is designed to communicate to children that they are safe and being cared for, and to distract them during difficult or painful procedures. The graphics also enable them to learn about their body and their illness, and staying healthy and safe.”
Sterile services
apprenticeship The first funded apprenticeship programme for sterile services technicians at Level 2 is now being delivered by Dynamic Training and Eastwood Park.
natural light through windows and glass doors, and a staff welfare area, all designed and equipped in consultation with frontline clinical staff. The suites have been designed to enable hospitals to continue to run endoscopy services when their own in-house decontamination areas are running at full capacity, or when equipment needs replacing or is out of service.”
World’s ‘first smart fire door’ launched Firedoors says its recent collaboration
with alarm management specialist, Drax Technology, has resulted in the development of ‘the world’s first smart fire door’.
Each Smart Fire Door’s unique QR code will incorporate all the information about its specification and history. Specially developed software enables users to manage all aspects of maintenance, replacement, and compliance, with the code enabling accurate recording and monitoring of wear and tear and parts replacement whenever necessary. The
system also records an image of each door in situ, helping with identification and installation. Should any door originally supplied by Firedoors be damaged or develop a fault, an exact replacement can be manufactured, leaving the original in place, with the replacement delivered within 21 days. With a ‘smart’ chip fitted, customers can choose the level of information they require, including a ‘black box’ feature, with the door’s unique information stored off site, and thus recoverable in the event of fire, flood, or accidental damage.
The Level 2 Diploma in healthcare science (HCSA) forms part of a 12- month apprenticeship programme focused on delivering safe patient care for those working in hospitals, general practice, and other healthcare settings and all areas of healthcare science. Eastwood Park said: “Heathcare science assistants are responsible for a wide range of low risk, routine technical and scientific procedures. This programme is designed to recognise and assess competencies in core skills, illustrated by five mandatory units: n Healthcare science services. n Employee rights, responsibilities, and personal development in healthcare science.
n Working in partnership in healthcare sciences.
n Investigating, treating, and managing human disease and disorder.
n Working safely in the healthcare science environment.”
August 2018 Health Estate Journal 15
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