Healthcare Estates An ‘immediate protective barrier’
Pall Corporation’s QPoint tap water filter assembly, the latest addition to the company’s range of advanced point-of-use filters for protection against waterborne pathogens, offers ‘enhanced features, and improved performance’, and a longer capsule life – of up to two months. With a fixed, chrome docking station, and exchangeable filter capsule, it ‘reduces waste and cost, while simplifying installation and exchange’. The filter capsule is designed and
Storage solutions simplified
Mailbox, Stamford Products’ Healthcare Division, will profile new products and services which integrate with its established Medstor range of healthcare modular storage systems. The company says its ‘efficient
and effective’ HTM71 and 63 storage systems ‘vastly improve the control and location of medical stock’. The ‘offer’ is further enhanced via the integration of the Mailbox RFID system, featuring Dyane logistics management software, to automate re-stocking and purchasing of medical supplies. Offering ‘multiple reading devices working on different frequencies complying with EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID and ISO 15693 standards’, the RFID system is ‘an easy bolt-on’ to the many materials management solutions already installed UK-wide. Also shown will be the iLOQ
self-powered locking system, which Mailbox says ‘eliminates the management problems’ of mechanical keys and batteries, and the hard wiring of access control systems.
validated for retention of a broad spectrum of waterborne pathogens frequently found in drinking water, such as Legionella spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, non- tuberculous mycobacteria, Escherichia coli, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Cryptosporidium parvum – all known to
cause infections in immunocompromised and vulnerable individuals. QPoint offers ‘an immediate, protective
barrier’ of double layer 0.2 micron sterilising grade filtration, without restriction on the volume of water used’.
User-friendly – high performance
P4 (FASTEL), which manufactures self- testing emergency lighting systems and exit signage, says: “We are proud to be involved with the healthcare sector. Our emergency lighting and exit signage has been used extensively for over 20 years at many healthcare sites throughout the UK, including The Royal London; The Royal Hospital Chelsea; The Royal Marsden Hospital; Rampton Secure Hospital; Ashworth Hospital, and Fieldhead Hospital.” P4 will showcase its new FASTEL
Wireless radio addressable, wire-free emergency lighting system, and its ‘acclaimed’ M-web+ system, which includes key functionality such as testing and reporting to individual luminaire level, remote monitoring, and e-mail fault alert. It will also show its range of ‘stylish LED fittings and sign luminaires’. P4 provides a six-year battery warranty across its luminaire range, while all its
products fully comply with British and European standards, and are designed ‘to help users achieve significant ongoing cost and energy savings’. The company added: “Our systems are user-friendly, and all products are backward- compatible, providing total flexibility to expand or change systems as budget permits.We pride ourselves on providing unrivalled levels of technical support.”
MEDICAL GAS QUESTIONNAIRE Looking at your hospital can you tick all of the following statements:
Are your Medical Gas systems and maintenance fully compliant and safe?
Are all your staff trained and
competent to undertake their role and aware of their responsibilities for Medical Gases?
Have you completed and kept up all of the cylinder management and safety requirements?
Are you spending the Medical Gas budget on unwanted and unused components and cylinders unaware of possible savings?
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