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solution was essential to urgently upgrade the power supply for four operating theatres in the day-surgery unit at Crawley Hospital, which are the responsibility of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. When the unit was originally built it did not require a medical IT power system, but the technology was essential to meet current standards for critical power. The Crawley Day Surgery Unit is
located on the first floor of the hospital’s Red Wing, and the compact modular medical IT/IPS system was built into an area close to the theatres. Bender UK devised an engineered
70-bed modular unit at Hillingdon Hospital houses three wards. That is certainly the case at Bender UK
where problem solving, innovation and invention is part of its DNA, and its engineered solutions have placed that capability at the forefront of the company’s market offering for critical power systems used in Group 2 medical locations including operating theatres, intensive care units and high dependency facilities.
Medical IT/IPS (isolated power supply)
systems are invariably paired with uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. Originally supplied only in large cabinets to be lifted into place during construction phases, these products have been developed as ‘modular’ solutions that are more flexible to configure. “We take pride in our ability to engineer hospital-specific solutions for our customers – whether that is fitting equipment into almost impossibly difficult spaces or thinking ‘outside the box’ to conceive an affordable and sustainable solution that goes beyond the physical confines of the building in which the facilities are located,” says Bender UK managing director Gareth Brunton. The company’s engineering capability
has played a key role in completing many high-profile healthcare projects and includes future-proofing the medical IT power system designs and UPS systems to accommodate extra power requirements of new and emerging critical care technology. Brunton adds: “We currently support
over 400 hospitals in the UK and Ireland and offer the benefit of our wealth of knowledge, experience and engineering expertise that ensures we provide safe and highly resilient critical power solutions. That is coupled with our advanced clinical equipment solutions for all Group 2 medical locations
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including theatres, intensive care units (ITU/CCU/HDU/ NICU/SCBU etc.), imaging areas and resuscitation areas within emergency departments.
Delivering under pressure Seamless continuity with partners has been evident throughout the COVID-19 pandemic during which the company has played a vital role in extending and maintaining care facilities. “During the creation of the Nightingale Hospitals across the country we were the go-to company for delivery of critical care UPS power systems of huge magnitude in very tight timescales when the pandemic was in its rapidly evolving stages. The modular principle of our UPS designs enables us to respond to urgent need with flexible and scalable solutions.” The ability to provide an engineered
solution to fit the equipment into the limited space where standard, off the shelf electrical panels simply could not be accommodated. To achieve the solution components were separated out and placed in close proximity to the boards to ensure full functionality. However, with existing buildings
already at capacity, there was simply no space to accommodate the larger footprint modular UPS system that was also required. Uninterruptible power specialist Centiel UK was brought in and together we developed the plan to install modular UPS equipment in a glass reinforced polymer (GRP) building to be craned into position on a specially reinforced flat roof adjacent to the theatres, with cables linking them. The project took just eight weeks to
complete from the approval of drawings to full commissioning of the medical IT system serving the critical care facilities, and the UPS system within the new GRP structure. Craning the GRP onto the reinforced flat roof was achieved in a single day, minimising disruption to the busy hospital site. “The Trust had an urgent requirement for a new medical IT system to upgrade
Modular uninterruptible power supply. GRP enclosure lifted into position. 15
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