PRODUCTS Premium warming range
Mistral-Air premium warming products are available from Central Medical Supplies (CMS), which has extensive expertise in providing hospital Trusts with patient warming products. The Mistral-Air Premium Warming range includes both a blanket and suit. The range features a reflective material on the non-patient side, providing both passive and active warming.
The Mistral-Air Premium Warming Blanket is an all-in-one system for keeping a patient warm during the entire perioperative procedure. The blanket’s insulating top layer is said to increase the warming capacity by at least 10%, by reducing radiant heat loss. According to CMS, the blankets can reduce heat loss by up to 80% in the perioperative environment. The Mistral-Air Premium Warming Suit can be used instead of a surgical gown. After pre-warming, the suit can be separated; enabling it to be used as an upper or lower body cover during surgery. Post- surgery, the suit can be joined back together with the velcro tabs. It is suitable for procedures that have a high hypothermia risk. CMS offers a range of temperature management products, from a number of different companies, which continue to be available via the NHS Supply Chain Patient Temperature Management framework. The company is the sole UK distributor for The 37Company, which manufactures a range of blood and fluid warmers, along with convective warming products. Products include the Fluido AirGuard blood and fluid warmer system, which combines fluid warming with safety and
speed, and Fluido Compact, a coated device for daily blood and fluid warming. CMS has been working with Kanmed for more than 25 years and is the exclusive UK distributor for the company’s products. A Swedish company specialising in patient warming products, Kanmed produces a range of cabinets used for warming intravenous fluids, dialysis and irrigation fluids, gel positioning equipment and blankets. Enthermics is a pioneering company in the patient warming arena and CMS has been the UK distributor of its warming equipment for over 15 years. Enthermics fluid warmers are designed to maintain precise temperatures of injection fluids, irrigation fluids and blankets. The company’s ivNow modular fluid warmers warm fluids when and where they are needed. Enthermics’ Titan blanket warmers quickly and efficiently heat blankets to precise temperatures using WarmSafe zone heating technology. CMS also works with Biegler, which produces high performance, microprocessor- controlled devices. These devices are used for warming infusions and transfusions to prevent intraoperative and postoperative hypothermia.
Expanding the use of ultrasound
Environmental cleaning
Environmental cleaning in health and social care environments is a key intervention in infection prevention. By maintaining a clean and sanitary environment, your facility can improve patient satisfaction while reducing the transmission of infections and re- admissions PDI has announced its new 200ct
Sani-Cloth AF Universal range of disposable disinfection wipes for surfaces and medical devices. Alcohol-free and PHMB-free, Sani-Cloth AF Universal wipes are said to have a broad spectrum of kill with low contact times.
The wipes are compliant with standard EN 16615:2015, a specifically developed method to test the efficacy of disinfectant wipes in real-life situations.
Infection prevention ‘robot’
In the modern healthcare environment, antimicrobial resistance is becoming an ever- increasing concern.
The best way to deal with resistant bacteria is to stop the patient from becoming infected in the first place. UVD Robots believes that, with the correct infection prevention processes in place, the company can help prevent HAIs. Unlike current, labour intensive, manual
UV-C devices, the UVD Robot is able to reposition itself autonomously during disinfection. As the robot moves between disinfection positions, it continues UV- C irradiation at close proximity, avoiding shadow on all surfaces it passes.
FujiFilm SonoSite is an innovator in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound. SonoSite’s portable, compact systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum, by cost effectively bringing high performance instruments to the point of patient care. By partnering with clinicians to understand their needs, the SonoSite team has developed ultrasound systems like the M- Turbo, Edge II, SII, X-Porte and iViz.
The equipment is built to withstand the
everyday use and abuse of busy environments, and is said to be practical and robust. According to FujiFilm SonoSite, the instruments are quick to boot up, reliable and easy to clean for infection control. Clinicians who choose the SonoSite system, are also given access to online training through the SonoSite Institute, which is included as part of the package.
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